PHYSICAL VIOLENCE
Physical violence is a painful and terrifying reality for many women in Denmark and around the world. This form of violence involves being physically abused or assaulted by your partner. At Ellestedet Kvindecenter, we are here to help you understand, break out of and overcome the trauma of physical violence.
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Psychological Violence is an attack on a person's integrity, safety and dignity. It is expressed in both verbal and non-verbal acts. It is psychological violence when a person is rejected, threatened or degraded over a long period of time.
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Stalking is a type of behavior and activities that, unwanted by the woman, is repeated and remains persistent despite her objections. Systematic and persistent stalking or harassment.
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Sexual Violence Rape and other sexual offenses, including forced prostitution. Direct or indirect coercion to perform sexual acts that another person does not want. Unpleasant sexual touching. Attempted forced sexual intercourse. Completed forced sexual intercourse.
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Where the man takes over his partner's finances and control of his own funds. Or takes out loans and creates debt in her name. It can also include being denied access to money, having to hand over money, begging for money for food, having to show receipts for everything, being forced to take on debt, etc.
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Where the man deliberately destroys physical possessions that are important to the partner. Intentionally destroying the other person's possessions, breaking things to intimidate, tearing clothes and private pictures, smashing a phone, etc.
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Forced marriage and similar oppression, social control, re-education trips, emotional blackmail, family ostracism, verbal abuse, coercion and prohibition, etc.
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It can be just as damaging for a child to witness violence against, for example, their father or mother, as it is for them to be subjected to violence themselves.
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Digital Violence When using digital social media, women can be violated by sharing nude photos or other unwanted material. For example Hurt core, where women are forced to share extremely humiliating videos that are shared in networks of men who celebrate misogyny.
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