Domestic Violence Quiz I

Answer: False

False. Domestic Violence is comprised of three components; physical, emotional and sexual abuse. There are also subsets, such as financial abuse.

Answer: True

True. Through Domestic Violence counseling, a traumatized self-esteem can be rebuilt to enable the victim to regain her feelings of self worth and self confidence through the rebuilding of her self-esteem. As a result, she will enable herself to become empowered and successfully break her Cycle of Abuse.

Answer: True

True. An abuser will tell his victim anything to keep her under his thumb and control, such as "You're too fat/stupid/ugly for any other man to want you!" "You're a terrible wife! Look at this filthy house!" "You dumb &())_&^&!" The more he tells his victim these things, the more she will believe it as the truth.

Answer: False

False. Intimidation, such as threatening gestures or threats of any kind, is considered part of emotional abuse as with threats only there is no physical contact.

Answer: False

False. That is considered Marital Rape and is a crime in many U.S. states. It is a form of sexual abuse.

Answer: True

True. The Social Security Administration DOES permit a battered woman to change her social security number under certain circumstances to prevent her abuser from locating her. She will NOT lose benefits she has earned from her old number. They will be transferred to her new number.

Answer: False

False. Battered women ARE able to be diagnosed with PTSD due to prolonged physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse. This is a treatable condition through medications and therapy.

Answer: True

True. Battered women can and do experience flashbacks. These are vivid re-enactments of past abuse where the victims relive the pain, the terror, the entire abuse scenario along with all of the emotions that go along with it.

Answer: False

False. Throughout the U.S. there is a network of battered women's shelters which will provide shelter, clothing, food, job training, job referrals, counseling and childcare for free to their residents.

Answer: False

False. Domestic Violence is no respecter of persons. It strikes the rich, the poor and the middle classed. It doesn't care about race. It strikes African-Americans, Asian, Native American and Caucasian families, whether American born or foreign born. It happens in every religion known to man.

Answer: True

True. This is called Financial Abuse and is part of emotional abuse. Other parts of Financial Abuse include; taking her entire paycheck if he ALLOWS her to work, causing scenes or harassing her at work to force her to quit or be fired, not allowing her to have a job, etc.

Answer: True

True. Abusers and victims of Domestic Violence share the characteristic of low self-esteem. Abusers feel that they must be the King of the Castle in order to be 'true men' and act in that fashion as well. Abusers feel that they MUST control every move that their victims make and must know where their victims are at all times in order to control them.

It's the abuser's way or no way. If she doesn't comply with his demands, abuse can and will result.

Answer: False

False. Children are deeply affected by Domestic Violence. They are fearful and will feel guilty because they can't 'save mommy' due to the fact of their own fear or simply because they are too small to be effective. Boys raised in domestically violent homes can become abusers, while girls can be primed to become future battered women without proper intervention.

Answer: False

False. Males can be victims also, regardless of sexual orientation. Women can also be abusers. The Battered Men's Movement is still in its infancy and the public is in need of education concerned male victims. There are a few male shelters in the U.S., but this movement still has a long way to go in order to make the public aware of battered men.

Answer: False

The abuser becomes enraged when he discovers his victim has escaped and will stalk her and search for her everywhere he can until he finds her. He will then usually cry and plead with her to come back. If that doesn't work, he'll threaten and attempt to intimidate her. If that still doesn't work, then he may well resort to "Separation Violence" which is, by far, more vicious and malicious than his violence in the past and may result in hospitalization or even death for the victim.