Characteristics of an Healthy and an Abusive Relationships


CHARACTERISTICS OF HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS CHARACTERISTICS OF ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS
  • Partnerships
    • joint decisions
    • shared responsibilities
  • Economic Equality
    • freedom in issues of work, school, & money
  • Emotional Honesty
    • feel safe to share fears and insecurities
  • Sexual Respect
    • accept that no means no
    • caring of needs and wants
  • Physical Safety
    • respect partner's space
    • express issues without violence
  • Supportive, Trusting
    • listen & understand
    • value partner's opinion
  • Respectful
    • a safe, comfortable relationship
    • sensitive to other's needs
  • Domination
    • abuser decides
    • servant/master
  • Economic Control
    • deny job freedom
    • withhold money
  • Emotional Manipulation
    • use jealously, passion and stress to justify actions
  • Sexual Abuse
    • treat partner as sex object
    • force partner to do things
  • Physical Abuse
    • hit, choke, kick, pinch, pull hair, poke, twist arms, trip, bite, restrain
  • Controlling
    • name calling, mind games
    • isolate partner from friends
  • Intimidating
    • charming in public, menacing in private
    • destroying property


Note: material on this page was originally published by Cohis on the web.bu.edu website