{"id":173,"date":"2022-06-21T11:23:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T11:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/breakthecycle.org\/types_abuse\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T15:55:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T15:55:52","slug":"types_abuse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/types_abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Physical Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h2>About Abuse<\/h2>\n<div id=\"topnav\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first\"><a href=\"\/about_abuse\/cycle_of_violence\/\">The Cycle of Violence<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Types of Abuse<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/about_abuse\/about_dv\/\">About Domestic Violence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/about_abuse\/about_teendv\/\">About Teen Dating Violence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/about_abuse\/dv_faq\/\">Domestic Violence FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Types of Abuse<\/h2>\n<p class=\"o877gxqusjkh4ofpr\">Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior in a dating or domestic<br \/>\nrelationship. This abuse can be physical, sexual, verbal or emotional, or a<br \/>\ncombination of some or all of these.<\/p>\n<h3>Physical Abuse<\/h3>\n<p class=\"o877gxqusjkh4ofpr\">Physical Abuse is any intentional unwanted contact with the victim&#8217;s body by either<br \/>\nthe abuser or an object within the abuser&#8217;s control. Physical abuse <i>does not<\/i><br \/>\nhave to leave a mark or bruise.<\/p>\n<h4>Examples:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Scratching<\/li>\n<li>Punching<\/li>\n<li>Biting<\/li>\n<li>Kicking<\/li>\n<li>Pinching<\/li>\n<li>Burning<\/li>\n<li>Pulling hair<\/li>\n<li>Choking<\/li>\n<li>Pushing<\/li>\n<li>Using a weapon<\/li>\n<li>Slapping<\/li>\n<li>Shoving<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Sexual Abuse<\/h3>\n<p class=\"o877gxqusjkh4ofpr\">Sexual Abuse is any sexual behavior that is unwanted or interferes with the<br \/>\nvictim&#8217;s right to say &#8220;no&#8221; to sexual advances.<\/p>\n<h4>Examples:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Date rape<\/li>\n<li>Unwanted kissing or touching<\/li>\n<li>Forcing the victim to go further than they want (even if they have had sex<br \/>\nbefore)<\/li>\n<li>Unwanted rough or violent sexual activity<\/li>\n<li>Not letting the victim use birth control or protection against sexually<br \/>\ntransmitted diseases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Verbal\/Emotional Abuse<\/h3>\n<p class=\"o877gxqusjkh4ofpr\">Verbal\/Emotional Abuse is anything that the abuser says or does to the victim<br \/>\nthat causes the victim to be afraid, lowers the victim&#8217;s self esteem, or manipulates<br \/>\nor controls the victim&#8217;s feelings or behavior.<\/p>\n<h4>Examples:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Name-calling and put-downs<\/li>\n<li>Insulting remarks about the victim, family or friends<\/li>\n<li>Yelling and screaming<\/li>\n<li>Threats of violence and harm<\/li>\n<li>Racial slurs<\/li>\n<li>Intentionally embarrassing the victim in front of other people<\/li>\n<li>Keeping the victim from seeing or talking with friends and family<\/li>\n<li>Telling the victim what to do<\/li>\n<li>Making the victim feel responsible for the violence<\/li>\n<li>Stalking<\/li>\n<li>Harming or threatening to harm the victim&#8217;s pets<\/li>\n<li>Threatening to commit suicide<\/li>\n<li>Threatening to expose the victim&#8217;s secrets (such as sexual orientation or<br \/>\nimmigration status)<\/li>\n<li>Threatening to take away the victim&#8217;s children<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Abuse The Cycle of Violence Types of Abuse About Domestic Violence About Teen Dating &#8230; <a title=\"Physical Abuse\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/types_abuse\/\" aria-label=\"More on Physical Abuse\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3733,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173\/revisions\/3733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthecycle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}