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What Is Financial Abuse?

A comprehensive guide to understanding, escaping and recovering from financial abuse | When we think about domestic violence and abuse, we don’t often think about how ... read more
What Fuels Domestic Violence? Part 1: A Family Pattern

In a new series from DomesticShelters.org, we look at some of the reasons why there continues to be no shortage of abusive partners | Abusers perpetrate domestic viole... read more
What Is Sexual Abuse?

A comprehensive guide to recognizing sexual abuse and domestic violence | Sexual abuse is any unwanted sexual contact obtained by force, threats or when a victim is un... read more
What Is Trauma Bonding?

A comprehensive guide to understanding trauma bonding | Imagine that you’re with a partner who’s abusive. They’re degrading you verbally, they’re playing psychological... read more
What Is Battered Woman Syndrome?

A comprehensive guide to the term 'battered woman syndrome' | In the 1970s, “battered woman syndrome” began being used as a legal defense to explain the mental... read more
Am I Being Abused?

A comprehensive guide to help you identify domestic violence and abuse | If you’ve ever asked yourself, “Am I being abused?” while desperately trying to convince yours... read more
What Is Domestic Violence?

A comprehensive guide to helping you understand domestic violence and abuse | Domestic violence is not always easy to spot. It doesn’t always come with bruises or a bl... read more
Do Women Get as Much Compassion as Animals?

The sad truth about how little we sometimes value women’s lives in cases of abuse | How many times have you seen the ubiquitous ASPCA commercial with the sad-eyed dogs... read more
Seeing Abusers as Manipulators, Con Artists

A psychologist says there is a way to “unmask” an abuser and possibly avoid them before getting trapped | Abusers can be manipulative. They can gaslight you and make y... read more
Legal Help for Domestic Violence Issues

A helpline specifically for legal assistance in domestic violence cases | Domestic violence often brings legal concerns into survivors’ lives. For the first time, an i... read more
12 Holiday Gift Ideas With Heart

Ready to start your holiday shopping? These presents include free good karma with purchase | Let’s be honest, this year has been rough for more reasons than we can lis... read more
How to Spot a Signal for Help, and How to Respond

Learn smart responses to help someone while ensuring their safety | Help is available for survivors of abuse, but it isn’t always easy (or even possible) to reach out ... read more
Are Things Getting Any Better?

Four experts weigh in on the progress we’ve made in the fight against domestic violence | Pictured above, from left: Judy Harris Kluger, Paige Flink, Patricia Ann Dave... read more
The Ways Racism Fuels the Fire of Domestic Violence

Ending domestic violence isn’t possible until systemic racism ends, say advocates | Racism and violence have long been intricately linked, feeding off each other like ... read more
Officers Charged with Domestic Violence Still Have Guns

How law enforcement skirts the Lautenberg Amendment | Studies show that abusers who have access to a gun are 500 percent more likely to kill their partners than abuser... read more