There are many forms of abuse; emotional, verbal, sexual, and physical abuse (and some books specifically site social, financial, religious/spiritual abuse as well), which people suffer at different times of their lives by perpetrators they know and usually trust. This could happen throughout childhood and/or in adulthood. When it occurs in adulthood between intimate partners, […]
Vallarta Tribune, Jul 9-15, 2006, issue # 483, pg 19 We recently wrote an article on domestic violence describing the types of abuse, the perpetrator’s need for power and control, and the reasons someone stays in an abusive relationship. The article was published in the English Tribune on June 11 and the Spanish was published […]
“Domestic violence” can be an intimidating term that most people assume does not apply to them because their image of it is a woman who has been physically beaten, is black and blue with bruises, and may have broken bones and some teeth knocked out. Our image of the abuser or “perpetrator” is similarly extreme. […]
PV Mirror, Jan 15-21, issue # 118, pg 17 Are you a victim? The word victim indicates that something was done to you, implying that you did not have a choice and it was therefore, forced upon you and you did not have the power to stop or prevent it. There are victims of tragedies, natural disasters, […]
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