Are You Being Abused?

You Are Being Physically Abused If Someone:

• Pushes or shoves you
• Slaps or hits you
• Pulls your hair
• Kicks or punches you
• Restrains you with force
• Chokes You
• Throws objects at you
• Abandons you in a dangerous place

You Are Being Emotionally Abused If Someone:

• Ignores your feelings
• Withholds approval, appreciation or affection as punishment
• Continually criticizes you, calls you names, shouts at you
• Makes all decisions for you
• Wants to control all your actions
• Humiliates you in public or private
• Ridicules your most valued beliefs, religion, race or heritage
• Manipulates you with lies and contradictions
• Subjects you to reckless driving

You Are Being Sexually Abused If Someone:

• Makes demeaning remarks about your gender
• Calls you sexual names
• Forces you to take off your clothing
• Touches you in ways that make you feel uncomfortable
• Forces you to have sex against your will
• Treats you and members of your gender as objects
• Insists you dress in a more sexual way than you want to, or insists you dress less sexually
• Minimizes the importance of your feelings about sex
• Accuses you of sexual activity with others

24 Hour Crisis Line: (479) 782-4956 1-800-359-0056 Toll Free Number Crisis Center for Women 500 Lexington Avenue Suite A Ft. Smith, AR 72901 Telephone: (479) 782-1821 Fax: (479) 782-9035