WHAT IS IPV?
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
Intimate partner violence (IPV), also commonly referred to as domestic violence or domestic abuse, is abuse or coercion that occurs in a romantic relationship.
An “intimate partner” refers to both current and former spouses, dating and regular sexual partners.
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IPV can range from one episode of violence with lasting impact to chronic and severe episodes over multiple years. IPV includes a wide variety of abusive or violent behaviors. See below for the various categories and examples of how IPV can show up.
Types of Abuse
When we understand what intimate partner violence is, we can identify it in a variety of forms. Examples include, but are not limited to the categories and examples below.
EMOTIONAL & VERBAL
This can include insulting, blaming, shaming, gaslighting, isolating from friends and family, manipulation.
PHYSICAL
This can include hitting, kicking, punching, restraining, strangulation.
SEXUAL
This can include sexual assault, sexual coercion, groping, and x.
FINANCIAL
This can include preventing access to finances, making unilateral financial decisions, preventing the ability to gain employment or education, forcing or forging signatures on financial documents, forcing debt, and refusal for financial liability.
TECHNOLOCIAL
This can include constantly calling or messaging, using anonymous numbers to call or message, controlling access to technology, releasing private information or intimate images, tracking location without consent, demanding passwords, monitoring activity using security systems or spyware.
STALKING
Stalking is a pattern of behavior towards a specific person that causes fear for their safety and/or suffer emotional distress. This can include unwanted gifts or letters, unwanted location tracking, following, watching, being approached or showing up, unwanted calls or messages.
SPIRITUAL
This can include preventing or forcing religious practices, destroying ritual items, and x.
IDENTITY
This can include outing sexuality, insulting race, gender, etc.
