Types of Abuse
Hitting, kicking, punching, shoving, throwing/breaking things, or choking someone you are in a relationship with
What is Physical Abuse?
The person responsible for abuse in an abusive relationship, 100% of the time
Who is the abuser?
The type of relationship where both people have equal power and control in the relationship, there is trust, support and independence.
What is a healthy relationship?
This singer and model-turned-skin care brand owner dated on and off long before they got married in 2018. They have one son together. Recently the singer released an album titled “SWAG”
Who is Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber?
A term used to describe statements made regarding the victim that imply they were doing something to deserve/ cause the abuse
What is victim blaming?
Putting someone down to lower their self esteem, isolating them, calling them stupid and ugly, blaming everything that goes wrong on them
What is Emotional/Verbal Abuse?
Common myth about abuse in LGBTQ relationships, (which is disproved by statistics)
What is ‘that abuse does not exist or is less serious?’
A witness who can intervene and make a difference.
What is an active bystander/ upstander?
This celebrity couple is often seen as a “power couple” and are both known for their successful careers in music. This couple has collaborated on numerous musical projects and they have three children, including twins. One of them recently was touring.
Who is Beyonce and Jay-Z?
Something each partner needs to give ANY & EVERY TIME they are engaging in sexual activity, no matter whether they are in a relationship or not
What is consent?
Going through someone’s phone, texting them constantly, using a tracking device, demanding passwords to email, Facebook etc.
What is Technological/Digital Abuse?
This was present in the homes of many people who grew up to become abusers
What is violence and/or abuse?
In fact, abusers are 3 times more likely to have witnessed abuse as a child.
The phase of the cycle of abuse that returns right after the abuse happens
What is the honeymoon phase?
These two singers were in a relationship in 2009 when one beat up the other in a car after a Grammy’s Party. The abuser’s career has remained successful since his attack on his girlfriend. She recently created her own makeup line.
Who are Rihanna and Chris Brown?
Two reasons why it is hard to leave an abusive relationship.
What are:
In love with the abuser
Hope for change
Threats
Fear they won’t be believed
Fear of effect on children
Dependent on Abuser
ETC.
Forcing someone to do something intimate that they don’t feel comfortable with or without their consent, manipulating/blackmailing/guilt tripping them to engage in those activities
What is Sexual Abuse?
A common (but false) excuse made by abusers to justify their abusive actions
What are mental health problems?
What are anger management problems?
What are substance abuse problems?
Number of female or LGBTQ youth who experience dating violence at some point in their teen years. ____ out of ____
What is 1 out of 4
Or
What is 1 out of 3
This high-profile couple first began dating in the early 2000s and became engaged before splitting up. They rekindled their romance in 2021, but divorced in January 2025. The couple has starred in two movies together.
Who is Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck?
The legal definition of consent in Massachusetts (three parts)
Age 16+
Not under the influence of drugs or alcohol
Enthusiastically/ affirmatively consenting
Not wanting partner to get a job, go to college, etc. Controlling money and access to resources
What is Financial Abuse?
The length of time (in months) an abuser has to be abuse-free (usually with the help of a batterer intervention program) before there is a real chance of behavior change
What is 12 months?
When an abuser purposefully cuts their partner off from their family and friends so they can have more control
What is isolation?
At the time of his death in June, 2018, this rapper was facing trial for the brutal abuse of his ex-girlfriend. Despite this, his songs were at the top of the charts, including Sad! and Look at Me!
Who is XXXTentacion?
The most dangerous place to break up with an abusive partner
What is alone, in the car?