Domestic Abuse consists of five major aspects: emotional, verbal, physical, sexual, and child abuse. Emotional and verbal abuse degrading comments and judgments made by the abuser toward the victim to gain emotional control. Physical and sexual abuse is used to gain absolute dominance over the submissive partner. Physical abuse refers to any strike or hit whether it be with an object or body part. Sexual abuse is when the abuser has forcible sexual interaction with the submissive partner. ...