Although women can also be violent and abuse exists in some same-sex relationships, the vast majority of partner abuse is perpetrated by men against their female partners. ... Asking behavioral questions "for example, "Has your partner ever physically forced you to have sex against your will?... Surveys generally define physical acts more severe than slapping, pushing, shoving, or throwing objects as "severe violence."" ... One of the circumstances that women most often cite is refusing a man sex. (Straus and Gelles, 1986) Not surprisingly, refusing sex is also one of the reasons wome...

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Verbal abuse may take the form of sexual jokes, comments with sexual overtones, inquiries about a person's sex life and unwelcome gestures, indecent exposure, and unwelcome display of sexually explicit pictures or objects. ... The victim does not have to be of the opposite sex either. ...

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Physical abuse includes behaviors such as hitting, pushing or kicking, burning, throwing objects, stabbing or shooting, and sleep deprivation. ... Sexual violence examples are rape, forced prostitution and pornography, cutting or disfiguring of genitalia, refusal to practice safe sex, and lastly refusal to adhere to religious prohibitions. It is estimated that 19 percent of women and 2 percent of men have experienced some form of sexual assault including attempts since the age of 16, with around 10-14 percent of married women experiencing forced sex by an intimate partner. ...

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In fact, sexual harassment is closely linked with sex discrimination. ... Thus, sexual harassment accomplishes informally what laws against sex discrimination theoretically prohibit; gender-based requirements for a job. ... Knowing that sexual harassment is an issue of power and not sex, women need to prove to men that they are not submissive objects. ...

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A knife, a gun, a club, or even a basic household object turned deadly could be all she needs to finally end the pain that she has experienced due to her husband, whether it be physical, mental, or emotional pain shes reacting to. ...

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Abusers have learned that they can get what they want from people who care about them by using threats, put-downs, emotional terrorism, isolation, financial deprivation, forced sex, and physical violence. ...

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Physical abuse includes pushing, slapping, or grabbing, throwing objects, kicking, biting or punching, beating up, raping or sexually exploiting an adult or child and/or threatening with a weapon. ... A person of any age or sex may be a victim of domestic violence. ...

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