By Bisi Adewale
Abuse is a serious issue plaguing marriages worldwide and its effect in any home is detrimental. Here are some forms of abuse;
- Physical Abuse. It involves violent actions such as beating, pushing, hitting, shoving and kicking. Physical abuse is known to increase with time, frequency and severity. Throwing of plates, using of guns or other weapons are physical types of abuse.
- Verbal Abuse. This involves abusive words, condemnation, criticism, lying, reporting, intimidation, threats, shouting, etc.
- Financial (economic) Abuse. Destroying the victims of economic power, limiting the victim to family income, preventing the victim from working, or forcing the victims to work, forcing the victim to surrender all his/her income or being forced to steal or commit financial crimes, destroying the victim’s property and making all financial decisions are all types of abuse.
- Social Abuse. This involves forcing the victim to disconnect from friends and family members, locking up in the house, forcing him/her to relate with those he/she does not want to relate with. Monitoring phones, hacking e-mails, controlling the victim’s movement etc.
- Psychological Abuse. This involves instilling fear in the victim, making him feel guilty, depressed, unwanted, unloved, envious, suspicious, sad and crazy. This can come in form of verbal and physical abuse. It can also involve avoidance of one’s spouse or stopping normal activities and duties.
