Does your partner, ex-partner or someone you live with:

 

• cut you off from family and friends and intentionally isolate you?.
• bully, threaten, or control you?.
• take control of your finances?
• monitor or limit your use of technology?
• physically and/or sexually abuse you?

 

Domestic abuse is not always physical violence. It can also include:

 

• coercive control and ‘gaslighting’
• economic abuse
• online abuse
• threats and intimidation
• emotional abuse
• sexual abuse

 

Anyone can be a victim of domestic abuse, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, religion, socio-economic status, sexuality or background. If you believe that you are a victim of domestic abuse, there are signs that you can look out for including:

• being withdrawn, or being isolated from your family and friends
• having bruises, burns or bite marks on you
• having your finances controlled, or not being given enough to buy food, medication or pay bills
• not being allowed to leave your house, or stopped from going to college or work
• having your internet or social media use monitored, or someone else reading your texts, emails or letters
• being repeatedly belittled, put down or told you are worthless being pressured into sex or sexual contact
• being told that abuse is your fault, or that you’re overreacting

 

In the year ending March 2020:
Women were more likely than men to experience domestic abuse in the previous 12 months White women (7.7%) were more than twice as likely as White men (3.6%) to experience domestic abuse – they were also more likely than Asian women (4.4%) or Black women (4.6%) to experience domestic abuse. Click here for reference

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