Types of Abuse
This form of abuse involves hitting, slapping, or choking an intimate partner.
What is physical abuse?
This percentage of women experience some form of DV in their lifetime
A: 17%
B: 5%
C: 25%
What is 25%?
True or Fales: Substance abuse and social isolation are examples of risk factors for domestic violence
What is true?
Domestic violence costs the U.S. this amount annually, considering healthcare and legal expenses.
What is $5.8 billion?
This 1994 legislation provides funding, legal protections, and services to address domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking
What is the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)?
This abuse type aims to control a victim through emotional manipulation and isolation.
What is emotional/psychological abuse?
What are three reasons a survivor might stay in a DV situation? A. They will lose access to housing or finances B. They fear violence will escalate if they try to leave C. They fear for the safety of or access to their children D. All of the above
What is all of the above?
What is one way to support people experiencing domestic violence?
What is validating their feelings, respecting their boundaries, listening without judgement
Domestic violence cases increase the burden on these systems, including shelters and law enforcement.
What are social services and the legal system?
How many times on average does a survivor attempt to leave a DV situation before being successful:
A: 2 times
B: 5 times
C: 7 times
What is C, 7 times?
An abuser might control their victim by preventing them from accessing money or employment.
What is financial abuse?
Indigenous women experience intimate partner violence at this percentage over their lifetime.
What is 84%?
People who grow up in homes where domestic violence occurs are at higher risk due to this factor
What is exposure to violence?
These legal documents prevent abusers from coming near their victims and are critical for safety.
What are protective or restraining orders?
When victims are cut off from friends, family, or social support networks, it is referred to as this.
What is social isolation?
Domestic violence accounted for this percentage of violent crime reported to law enforcement in 2020.
What is 21%?
Which of the following are true of consent:
A: Consent is a "given"
B: Consent cannot be taken back
C: Consent is a free pass
D: Giving and receiving consent is an ongoing process
What is D?
These individuals often experience increased rates of depression, anxiety, and social withdrawal.
Who are victims of domestic violence?
This three digit number can be called to be connected with resources during a crisis involving abuse
What is 988
A range of coercive behaviors used to establish power and exert control by one intimate partner over the other
What is Domestic Violence?
This is a common mental health condition that survivors of domestic violence experience
What is PSTD
These healthy limits can seem like they hinder a relationship, but these personal parameters can lay the groundwork for a healthy, loving, and respectful partnership
What are boundaries?