Anti-Violence . Quiz

Are you being abused?

Does the person you love...

Threaten to hurt you or your children?

Say it's your fault if he or she hits you, then promises it won't happen again (but it does)?

Put you down in public or keep you from contacting family or friends?

Throw you down, push, hit, choke, kick, or slap you?

Force you to have sex when you don't want to?

Just one "yes" answer means you're involved in an abusive relationship. If so, you're not alone and you have choices. No one deserves to be abused.

If you answered yes even one of the above, you may be in an abusive relationship. PLEASE CALL the confidential toll-free, Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (or from a TTY at 1-800-787-3224) or e-mail: ndvh@ndvh.org or deafhelp@ndvh.org

source: ACOG (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
http://www.acog.org/from_home/departments/dept_notice.cfm?recno=17&bulletin=198

Are you in an abusive relationship?

Is your partner:

Controlling

Make all of the decisions ?
Control what you do, who you see or talk to, or where you go?
Stop you from seeing or talking to friends or family?
Take your money or Social Security, make you ask for money or refuse to give you money?

Intimidating

Look at you or act in ways that scare you?
Tell you that you are a bad parent or threaten to take away or hurt your children?
Act like the abuse is no big deal, it's your fault or even deny doing it?
Embarrass you with bad names and put-downs?

Abusive

Threaten to commit suicide?
Destroy your property or threaten to kill your pets?
Intimidate you with guns, knives or other weapons?
Shove you, slap you or hit you?
Force you to drop charges?
Threaten to kill you?

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