SOCI 1025 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Intimate Partner Violence, Psychological Abuse
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Emotional abuse: they will try to control you. They will threaten to harm you, or themselves, so that you will be responsible for their suicide. They will criticize you. they will not touch you. (ex: will get out of bed when you try to cuddle them) Ipv- intimate partner violence: will physically hurt you, push you, rape you, kick you. Situational couple violence: couple gets into a ght about money or sex and they began to get physical. Intimate terrorism: the partner sets out to make your life a hell by terrorizing you physically. If your partner is drunk or high, it is better to give in because they could end your life that night. If not, try to talk them out of it. If they are dependent on you, they don"t have friends, or don"t get along with their family. What you wear, where you go, what you do. They are unhappy and dissatis ed and a mess.