DOES YOUR PARTNER
  • Act extremely jealous of other who pay attention to
    you, or use jealousy to justify his/her actions?
  • Control your finances, behavior and even whom you
    socialize with?
  • Make you afraid by using looks, actions,and gestures
    like smashing things,
  • destroying your property or displaying weapons?
  • Threaten to kill you or commit suicide?
  • Make all the decisions?
  • Stop you from seeing or talking to friends, family or
    limits your outside involvement?
  • Puts you down in front of other people, humiliates
  • you, plays mind game and make you feel as if you
    are crazy?
  • Threatens to take the children away?

DO YOU
  • Become quiet when he/she is a around and feel
    afraid of making him/her angry?
  • Cancel plan at the last minute?
  • Stop seeing your friends and family members,
    becoming more and more isolated?
  • Find yourself explaining bruises to family or friends?

IF YOU ANSWER YES TO ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS,
YOU MAY BE INVOLVED
IN A RELATIONSHIP THAT IS PHYSICALLY,EMOTIONALLY
OR SEXUALLY ABUSIVE

YOU MAY BE IN AN EMOTIONALLY ABUSIVE
RELATIONSHIP IF YOUR PARTNER:
  • Call you names, insults you or continually criticizes
    you.
  • Does not trust you and act jealous or possessive.
  • Tries to isolate you from family or friends.
  • Monitors where you go, who you call and who you
    spend time with.
  • Does not want you to work.
  • Expects you to ask permission.
  • Threatens to hurt you, the children, your family or
    your pets.
  • Humiliates you in any way

YOU MAY BE IN A PHYSICALLY ABUSUVE RELATIONSHIP
IF YOUR PARTNER HAS EVER:
  • Damaged property when angry ( thrown objects,
    punched wall, kicked doors,etc)
  • Pushed, slapped, bitten, kicked or choked you.
  • Used a weapon to threaten or hurt you.
  • Trapped you in your home or kept you from leaving.
  • Hurt your children.
  • Used physical force in sexual situations.
  • Scared you by driving recklessly.

YOU MAY BE IN A SEXUALLY ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP IF
YOUR PARTNER:
  • Views woman as object and believes in rigid gender
    roles.
  • Accuses you of cheating or is often jealous of your
    outside relationships.
  • Want you to dress in a sexual way.
  • Insults you in sexual ways or call you sexual names.
  • Has ever forced or manipulated you into having sex
    or performing sexual acts.
  • Held you down during sex.
  • Demanded sex when you were sick, tired or after
    beating you.
  • Hurt you with weapons or objects during sex.
  • Involved other people in sexual activities with you.
  • Ignored you feelings regarding sex.
Warning Signs