To experience domestic violence is...

   ○ To be depreciated, abused, ridiculed;

   ○ To be controlled (i.e. our spending, our family affairs, our friends...);

   ○ To be threatened either overtly or subtly;

   ○ To live in fear of one's spouse;

   ○ To have sexual intercourse without one's consent;

   ○ To have one's personal belongings damaged or broken;

   ○ To have things thrown at you;

   ○ To be pushed or hit by one's spouse;

   ○ To be intimidated or harassed by one's ex-spouse;