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- Calling you names
- Criticizing you
- Humiliating you publicly
- Putting you down
- Embarrassing you
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Destruction of Personal Property
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- Destroying personal effects (pictures, letters, clothing, gifts)
- Ruining belongings
- Defacing or causing damage to partner's home or auto.
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Threats, Anger and Intimidation
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- Using looks, actions, expressions or a loud voice to intimidate partner
- Smashing or throwing objects
- Threatening to leave partner or abandoning him/her in a dangerous
place
- Threatening physical harm
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Jealousy, Isolation, Possessiveness and Restriction of Freedoms
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- Using jealousy as a sign of love instead of insecurity
- Controlling what partner does, whom partner sees and talks to, where
partner goes
- Refusing to let partner work or join activities/dropping by
unexpectedly to "watch" activities
- Accusations of you cheating on partner
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Abuse of "Male Privilege"
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- Making all the decisions
- Going out with the "boys" or "girls," but not allowing you to do so with
your friends
- Walking out on an argument and leaving you
- Doing all the telephoning and expecting you to be there
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- Unwanted or uncomfortable touching
- Continued sexual advances after being told "no"
- Forced sex
- "Playful" use of force during sex
- Treating you like a sexual object
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- Any attempt to hurt or scare you physically
- Hitting, Biting, Hair Pulling
- Grabbing, Pushing
- Shoving, Tripping, Kicking
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Psychological and Emotional Abuse
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- Putting you down and making you feel bad about yourself
- Mind games or making you feel crazy
- Telling "secrets" to others
- Ignoring you or giving you the "silent" treatment
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