Power and Control - Physical Abuse

• Emotional Abuse Putting her down or making her feel bad about herself, calling her names, making her thinks she's crazy, mind games.
• Economic Abuse Trying to keep her from getting or keeping a job. Making her ask for money, giving her an allowance, taking her money.
• Sexual Abuse Making her do sexual things against her will. Physically attacking the sexual parts of her body. Treating her like a sex object.
• Using Children Making her feel guilty about the children. Using the children to give messages, using visitation as a way to harass her.
• Threats Making and/or carrying out threats to do something to her emotionally. Threatening to take the children, commit suicide, report her to welfare.
• Using Male Privilege Treating her like a servant. Making all the "big" decisions. Acting like the "master of the castle"
• Intimidation Putting her in fear by using looks, actions, gestures, loud voice, smashing things, destroying her property.
• Isolation Controlling what she does, who she sees and talks to, where she goes.