Nurse Tina is aware that the victims of domestic violence should be assessed for what important information?
a- Reasons they stay in the abusive relationship (for example, lack of financial autonomy and isolation)
b- Readiness to leave the perpetrator and knowledge of resources
c- Use of drugs or alcohol
d- History of previous victimization
Answer B.
Victims of domestic violence must be assessed for their readiness to leave the perpetrator and their knowledge of the resources available to them. Nurses can then provide the victims with information and options to enable them to leave when they are ready. The reasons they stay in the relationship are complex and can be explored at a later time. The use of drugs or alcohol is irrelevant. There is no evidence to suggest that previous victimization results in a person’s seeking or causing abusive relationships.
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What is domestic violence?
We talk about domestic violence when a person tries to control and exercise power over their partner in the context of a romantic relationship. Different types of abuse can occur: physical, emotional, sexual or financial. In most cases, the abusers are male and the victims are female. Any woman, in any type of home, can be affected by domestic violence. There are a number of warning signs that could indicate that your relationship is abusive.
What is physical abuse?
Physical abuse is possibly the most recognizable form of abuse. It can cause physical damage, and in some cases, put life at stake. It does not always leave scars or other visible traces. If they throw your hair, or throw an egg in your face, you are being mistreated. Do not underestimate what is happening to you. With the passage of time, many times things get worse.
We talk about physical abuse when:
- They push you.
- They slap you or punch you.
- They hit you with clubs, golf clubs, rugby clubs, hammers or belts.
- You get knives or pieces of broken glass.
- They gag you when you want to scream, during the physical confrontation.
- They spit or pee on you.
- They hit you severely, pulling your hair.
- They hit and rape you and push you down the stairs while you are pregnant.
They hit your head against the wall or against the dashboard of the car.
What is emotional abuse?
Emotional abuse is a highly effective way to establish an imbalance of power within a relationship. It is often invisible or intangible to any external person. Emotional abuse is as harmful as physical violence. It often involves physical or sexual abuse, or threats thereof.
We talk about emotional abuse when:
- They look down on you.
- They constantly criticize you.
- They constantly monitor and control you in your use of technology: they record phone calls, check calls made, read text messages or emails, spy on you at home by using hidden cameras installed in the home.
- The abuser threatens to kill the woman, her children, relatives of the woman or kill himself and gives details about how and when he will do it.
- The abuser is violent in the use of and breaks properties such as the car, furniture, clothing or other household items.
- The abuser uses insults and derogatory language to refer to you (for example, "that thing", "whore").
- The abuser catches his victim, leaving her without car keys, emptying the car's gas tank or depriving him of using the phone (taking it away or breaking it), so he cannot ask for help.
- The abuser never leaves his victim alone: inside the house, he chases her from room to room and when the woman leaves her, she always goes with her.
What is sexual abuse?
When there is a dynamic of control and abuse within a romantic relationship, the likelihood of coercion and sexual abuse is high. For women victims of abuse by their partners, negotiating a free and equal sexual relationship is all the more difficult.
We talk about sexual abuse when:
- You are raped and hit repeatedly; they force you naked and rape; They tell you that it is your duty to have sex with your abuser.
- They rape you in front of your children.
- You are raped at a time when one is particularly vulnerable; for example, after giving birth.
- They degrade you sexually, including through the forced use of hard pornography.
a- Reasons they stay in the abusive relationship (for example, lack of financial autonomy and isolation)
b- Readiness to leave the perpetrator and knowledge of resources
c- Use of drugs or alcohol
d- History of previous victimization
Answer B.
Victims of domestic violence must be assessed for their readiness to leave the perpetrator and their knowledge of the resources available to them. Nurses can then provide the victims with information and options to enable them to leave when they are ready. The reasons they stay in the relationship are complex and can be explored at a later time. The use of drugs or alcohol is irrelevant. There is no evidence to suggest that previous victimization results in a person’s seeking or causing abusive relationships.
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What is domestic violence?
We talk about domestic violence when a person tries to control and exercise power over their partner in the context of a romantic relationship. Different types of abuse can occur: physical, emotional, sexual or financial. In most cases, the abusers are male and the victims are female. Any woman, in any type of home, can be affected by domestic violence. There are a number of warning signs that could indicate that your relationship is abusive.
What is physical abuse?
Physical abuse is possibly the most recognizable form of abuse. It can cause physical damage, and in some cases, put life at stake. It does not always leave scars or other visible traces. If they throw your hair, or throw an egg in your face, you are being mistreated. Do not underestimate what is happening to you. With the passage of time, many times things get worse.
We talk about physical abuse when:
- They push you.
- They slap you or punch you.
- They hit you with clubs, golf clubs, rugby clubs, hammers or belts.
- You get knives or pieces of broken glass.
- They gag you when you want to scream, during the physical confrontation.
- They spit or pee on you.
- They hit you severely, pulling your hair.
- They hit and rape you and push you down the stairs while you are pregnant.
They hit your head against the wall or against the dashboard of the car.
What is emotional abuse?
Emotional abuse is a highly effective way to establish an imbalance of power within a relationship. It is often invisible or intangible to any external person. Emotional abuse is as harmful as physical violence. It often involves physical or sexual abuse, or threats thereof.
We talk about emotional abuse when:
- They look down on you.
- They constantly criticize you.
- They constantly monitor and control you in your use of technology: they record phone calls, check calls made, read text messages or emails, spy on you at home by using hidden cameras installed in the home.
- The abuser threatens to kill the woman, her children, relatives of the woman or kill himself and gives details about how and when he will do it.
- The abuser is violent in the use of and breaks properties such as the car, furniture, clothing or other household items.
- The abuser uses insults and derogatory language to refer to you (for example, "that thing", "whore").
- The abuser catches his victim, leaving her without car keys, emptying the car's gas tank or depriving him of using the phone (taking it away or breaking it), so he cannot ask for help.
- The abuser never leaves his victim alone: inside the house, he chases her from room to room and when the woman leaves her, she always goes with her.
What is sexual abuse?
When there is a dynamic of control and abuse within a romantic relationship, the likelihood of coercion and sexual abuse is high. For women victims of abuse by their partners, negotiating a free and equal sexual relationship is all the more difficult.
We talk about sexual abuse when:
- You are raped and hit repeatedly; they force you naked and rape; They tell you that it is your duty to have sex with your abuser.
- They rape you in front of your children.
- You are raped at a time when one is particularly vulnerable; for example, after giving birth.
- They degrade you sexually, including through the forced use of hard pornography.
What is financial abuse?
Financial abuse is a type of domestic violence, in which the abuser uses money as a means to control his partner. It is a technique that the abuser uses to gain in power and dominance, designed to corner the woman in a state of complete financial dependence. By controlling women's access to economic resources, the abuser makes the woman forced to choose between staying in a relationship of abuse, or facing extreme poverty.
We talk about financial abuse when:
- You control the finances of the home.
They don't let you have your own income that allows you to be financially independent.
- You have to justify all purchases and expenses, providing receipts and tickets for them.
- You are prohibited from buying personal items, such as pads or tampons.
- Your bank cards are confiscated and joint bank accounts are emptied.
- You do not pass the alimony for the children, or only occasionally.
- Falsify your signature on checks.
- They keep your money if you do not agree to have sex.
- You are denied money for food, for yourself and for your children, and for paying household bills.
- The economic recession argument is used to justify abuse.
If you are, or think you could be in a maltreatment relationship, you can call the National Women's Telephone Assistance Hotline, 1800 341 900, for information and support. Remember that no religion or culture accepts domestic violence. Domestic violence is described as "the most democratic of all crimes." This means that domestic violence can affect any woman in an intimate relationship. There is no prototype of "home" more conducive to domestic violence. Nor a prototype of battered women. In Ireland, one in five women is a victim of domestic violence, regardless of their age, marital status, ethnicity, religion or socioeconomic context.
Find out more about how to stay safe and how Women´s Aid can help you.
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