| Domestic Violence |
| Abuse often begins with verbal behaviors such as name-calling, threats, and hitting or throwing objects. It can become worse, including pushing, slapping, and holding against the victim's will. |
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| Understanding Domestic Abuse |
| Although the most common form of abuse is males abusing female partners, females can abuse male partners, and abuse also takes place in same-sex relationships. |
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| Recognizing Domestic Violence |
| Domestic violence is behavior someone uses to control a spouse, partner, date or elderly relative through fear and intimidation. |
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| Close the Door on Intimate Partner Violence |
| The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines intimate partner violence as actual or threatened physical or sexual violence, or psychological and emotional abuse, directed at a spouse, former spouse, current or former boyfriend or girlfriend, or dating partner. |
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| Protect Yourself from Sexual Assault |
| Rape can happen to anyone—children, grandmothers, students, working women, wives, mothers, and even males. |
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| Recognizing a Partner's Emotional Abuse |
| Physical violence is just one form of domestic abuse. If you have a partner who verbally humiliates you, demands all your attention, blames you for everything that goes wrong or threatens to harm you or your children, you’re also being abused. |
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| Sexual Harassment's Emotional Toll |
| According to researchers at the American Psychological Association, nearly 50 percent of American working women will experience on-the-job sexual harassment at some point in their careers. |
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| What You Can Do to Prevent Child Abuse |
| Child abuse can happen in any family and in any neighborhood. Studies have shown that child abuse crosses all boundaries of income, race, ethnic heritage and religious faith. |
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| Women and Substance Abuse |
| When a woman has a substance-abuse problem, her whole family is affected because she’s often the key to family stability. |
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