Signs of Domestic Violence:
Quick involvement
- Wants a commitment early
Isolation
- Cuts you off from others
Blames others for problems
- Everything is always someone else's fault
Gets upset easily
- Little things affect his/her mood
You are always wrong
- Repeatedly explains to you why you are wrong
Speaks disrespectfully of women/men
- Including women/men on TV, past
relationships, in general
Says hurtful things to you
- Is critical of you and/or calls you disrespectful
names
Expects you to be perfect
- Leaves no room for mistakes or human error
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Sudden mood changes
- Switches from loving to mad in minutes
Threatens You
- Apologizes later or says he/she was just teasing
and didn't mean it
Cruel to children and animals
- Excessive punishment, even to point of killing
animals
Expects children to do things beyond their abilities
- Event teases them to the point of tears
Inappropriate sexual demands or expectations
- Asks you to do things during sex that are
uncomfortable to you
"Behind Closed Doors"
- Treats you differently in public than "behind closed
doors"
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