Is Your Partner Exploiting Your Work?
You work too hard, and you feel you have no choice about it. Is your partner exploiting your labor? By Lisa Aronson Fontes, PhD In many couples, both people work…
Possessiveness: The Precursor to Power and Control
Eight signs you should run before the abuse begins By Shelley Flannery We’re taught from a very young age that jealousy and possessiveness are signs of true love. If you…
8 Common Post-Separation Domestic Abuse Tactics
Even after a survivor leaves, the abuser doesn’t always stop abusing By Lisa Aronson Fontes, PhD When domestic abuse victims leave a relationship, we assume they are safe. However, 90%…
Is Mutual Abuse Real?
The term is most often used as a manipulation or victim-blaming tactic By Stephanie Thurrott Mutual abuse—a term to describe two partners are mutually abusive against each other—is rare and…
Abuse That’s Hard to Recognize: Coercive Control
Intimate partner abuse that is often disguised as love By Lisa Aronson Fontes, PhD Isolation. Threats. Humiliation. Sometimes even physical abuse. These are the weapons of coercive control, a strategy…
What Is Sexual Coercion?
Just because it’s not rape, doesn’t mean it’s not abuse By Shelley Flannery Maybe your partner guilted you into it, or just kept asking until you relented. Or maybe he…
What Are Grey Rape and Stealthing?
These forms of sexual abuse have sinister definitions and dangerous consequences By Amanda Kippert and Hannah Craig This article was updated in 2022. The original was published in 2017 Stealthing…
5 Ways to Intervene When You Suspect Domestic Violence
There are safe ways to be an active bystander and speak up for those who can’t By DomesticShelters.org Imagine this scenario: You’re out shopping on a Saturday afternoon. You’re perusing…
Can I Kiss You?
One author says consent should be given for every single intimate moment By DomesticShelters.org It seems women, especially young women, are constantly inundated with “tips” on how to protect themselves…