Checklist for Abuse

• holding someone to keep them from leaving
• pushing; shoving; slapping; biting; kicking or choking
• locking someone out of the house
• abandoning someone in dangerous places
• subjecting someone to reckless driving
• forcing sex upon another person
• forcing sex after a beating
• committing sadistic sexual acts
• forcing someone to watch sexual acts
• threatening or hurting someone with a weapon
• threatening to harm someone’s children, property or pets
• ignoring someone’s feelings
• ridiculing someone’s beliefs, feelings, religion, race, sex, heritage or class
• withholding approval or affection as punishment
• continuously criticizing someone, calling them names, shouting at them
• insulting someone in public
• keeping another from working
• refusing to work or share money
• taking car keys or money away
• regularly threatening to leave or telling someone to leave
• telling someone of affairs to hurt them
• harassing someone about imagined affairs