What is Domestic Violence?
Domestic violence is the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another. It includes physical violence, sexual violence, psychological violence and emotional abuse.
--National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
--National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
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Dr. Emma Katz: "The survivor is trying to survive in a situation that they never wanted to be in; a situation in which the abuser has them entrapped."
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Domestic Abuse Survivors Who Fight Back: It’s NOT ‘Mutual Abuse’
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Emma Katz published a post on Ko-fi1 month ago
Court documents reveal that Combs is accused of strangling the victim with one hand while simultaneously punching her in the face with the other. He also faces charges of a previous strangulation incident involving the same victim in 2019.
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Houston victims advocate warns of increased danger after domestic violence suspect escapes
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Harris County authorities search for Michael Combs, the Houston man accused of domestic assault who escaped from custody Tuesday. He has cases involving strangulation from 2019 and 2022 and is conside...1 month ago
“Anybody can be either a victim of domestic violence or a perpetrator,” said Lisa, the diversity advocate at Alternative Horizons, who declined to give her last name. “If you are a survivor, you deserve help, and you deserve to be listened to and heard.”
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It’s not their fault, yet domestic violence survivors face most of the consequences
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“You made me do it.” “You’re the one who’s abusive.” “You shouldn’t have provoked me.” “You pushed me too far; I had no choice.” “You made me hurt you.” These are a few of th...