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Domestic Violence

"An estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year." 

 

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Domestic violence should not happen to anybody. Ever. Period. But it does - and when it does, there is help. Maybe you have lived with abuse, maybe it happened just once; maybe you work or live next to someone who is being abused right now. Whoever you are, this book can show you how and where to get help.


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Chattanooga Coalition Against Domestic and Community Violence - Home

 

The Coalition Against Domestic and Community Violence
of Greater Chattanooga, Inc.

 

 

KNOW THE FACTS, KNOW THE RESOURCES, TAKE ACTION

If you are the subject of behaviors listed below on more than one occasion during your relationship, then you are a victim.

Abusive acts include:
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slapping - shaking - punching - beating - biting - pulling hair - pushing - pinching - kicking - stabbing - tickling excessively - throwing objects - driving recklessly - denying food, sleep or medical care - using sexual names to put you down - forcing unwanted sexual acts.

You are abused if you have been:

* accused unjustly of flirting or going out with another
* threatened
* humiliated in public
* called ugly names
* been isolated from your family and friends
* locked out of the house
* abandoned in dangerous places
* manipulated with lies
* had your property or pets destroyed
* been continually criticized or had your feelings continually ignored

Even if only one or two incidents of physical abuse have occurred, there is cause for concern.

Studies show that if your partner abuses you on just two occasions, he is likely to continue to abuse you.

If you are unclear on whether you are abused, take the following quiz.
If you answer yes to just half of the following, you are a victim of abuse.

Yes No 
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I am afraid of my partner.
___ ___I cannot express my feelings or opinions without being afraid of the reaction.
___ ___I have to ask permission from my partner to see my family or friends.
___ ___I have to ask permission to spend money or buy something for myself.
___ ___I constantly try to make things "just right" to please my partner.
___ ___I try and try to please my partner, just to get criticized again.
___ ___I sometimes feel that my partner is two people (Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde).
___ ___My partner seems to see our relationship in a whole different way than I see it. I am confused about the relationship.
___ ___I am beginning to believe all the terrible things my partner says about me I'm not sure what is real anymore. Maybe I am going crazy.

Adapted from INTO THE LIGHT: A GUIDE FOR BATTERED WOMEN, by Leslie A. Cantrell

Everyone has the Right to be Free from Terrorism in the Home

 

For more information or help if you are a victim of domestic violence, contact the Partnership’s Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Hotline

 

(423) 755-2700 (24 hours/7 days)

 
 

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VIOLENCE IN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES DESTROYS LIVES.

WE NEED THE KNOWLEDGE AND SUPPORT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY LIKE YOU IN ORDER TO MAKE DIFFERENCE …