Violence may vary. It most often takes the form of physical, psychological, social, economic, and sexual violence.
Physical violence – it is often present in couple relationships. At first it is subtle, in the form of pushing, preventing movement, denying food or sleep, slapping, kicking, burning, tying hands, pulling hair, strangling.
Psychological violence – it usually appears first and is followed by other forms. In the beginning, the victim may mistakenly perceive it as a sign of love and affection. Examples: waiting before work every day, showing jealousy towards all male colleagues, conducting repeated phone calls with invented pretexts, etc. We can include insults, swearing, mocking, humiliation, threatening, and/or blackmailing. The threatened person cannot decide on anything nor freely express his/her own opinion.
Social violence manifests itself in the gradual isolation of the victim from his/her loved ones and friends, as well as from work. A disabled person does not have the opportunity to communicate his/her situation and loses insight into this situation. Limiting contact with close people and checking where the partner is, checking his/her mobile phone or social networks are among the typical manifestations of this form of violence.
Economic violence is associated with preventing access to finances and basic human needs. The violent person himself/herself manages the finances of the victim, who must ask for the money or prove what it was used for. It can also be about preventing access to work and thus completely cutting the victim off from finances. This also includes limiting participation in deciding where joint funds will be invested.
Sexual violence is most often manifested by rape or forced sexual intercourse or practices with which the threatened person does not agree. These are all practices with a sexual undertone, which a violent person does despite the consent of the threatened person and thus violates the boundaries of his/her intimacy.
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