Posted on Behalf of Attorney Ross
Goodman for Family Abuse
Perhaps unknown
to some, domestic violence does not take the single form of physically abusing
someone with force. No: the law itself defines it to be deeper than that. Its
common denominator, however, is the abuser’s need to take control over someone
else’s life.
The law of the United States itself prohibits this action regardless of your demography. The sad part
though is some of its case can go unmonitored until a concerned citizen
decides to notify the legal parties about it.
Domestic violence
affects people of all sorts of life which makes it possible to classify and
differentiate it common forms.
11. Physical
Abuse
The most common
of all, this domestic violence can be defined by the use of physical force by assaulting
the victim, either intentionally or accidentally. This may include any of the
following:
-Strangulation
-Stalking
-Punching/Hitting
-Threatening
-Grabbing
-Destroying the
victims possessions
-Pushing
-Choking
-Depriving the
victim basic needs (eating, sleeping, etc)
22. Emotional/Psychological
Abuse
Usual situations
can easily be remedied by simple apologies but sometimes, simple words can mess
things up. Wrong choice of words can make drastic effects in a person’s
well-being especially when the deed becomes repetitive. Emotional/Psychological
abuse is when the abuser aims to demean or degrade the victim like:
-Purposely humiliating
the victim
-Verbal threats,
insults and derogatory sarcasm
-Lying to
confuse to play mind games with the victim
-Name-calling of
offensive words or terms
-Intimidation
-Attempting to
instill fear
-Repeatedly
breaking promises
-Restricting the
use of communication to the outside world
33. Sexual
Abuse
Often related to
physical abuse, sexual abuse happens when the victim was used as a participant
in any sexual activity because of force or threat. Even if the victim is a
spouse or intimate partner of the abuser, so long as it is against their will, it is therefore considered to be an abuse.
-Use of power/authority to force someone to sleep with him/her
- Degrading/Insulting
the partners’ physical appearance
-Sexual act to
someone who, on some clinical reasons, cannot decline to the attempt because of
their nature
-Sodomy
-Rape with an
object
44. Financial
Abuse
When someone
attempts to control and/or abuse the victim’s monetary resources, the law then
finds it to be a form of domestic violence.
-Demanding the
victim to pay all the expenses
-Limiting the
victim the economic resources he/she worked
-Strictly
instructs the victim on how he/she must use the money
-Withholding the
access of money