Raising awareness on what Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is, who it effects, how to help & be helped. Provides actual statistics as well as myths which are assumed with this serious social problem.

1. Intimate Partner Violence
●What is it? Simply put it is the physical, sexual
and emotional abuse acted out between
intimates.
●Consists of a systematic pattern of dominance
and control within an intimate relationship.
●It is the willful intimidation, physical assault,
battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive
behavior perpetrated by an intimate partner
against another.

2. Types of Abuse:
●Physical- which can include:
● hitting, punching, slapping, shoving, throwing objects,
etc.
●Emotional/Psychological- which can include:
● manipulating, name calling, harassment, taunting,
putting down, ridiculing, etc.
●Sexual- which can include:
● demeaning remarks about one's gender, forcing a
person to take off clothes, touching which makes one
uncomfortable, insisting on making one dress more
inappropriately, forcing an intimate partner to engage
in a sexual act without his or her consent.

3. Cycle of Violence
This diagram describes the
pattern of interpersonal
violence in intimate
relationships. Usually
beginning in the honeymoon-
like state which can last weeks
or years. Tension builds which
involves feeling as if walking
on eggshells and intense fear.
Eventually the abuser explodes
with some type of violence.
After violence, the cycle will
begin again with apologies and
charm in the honeymoon
stage.

4. Power & Control

5. Facts about IPV
● According to the CDC (Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention):
– 1 in 3 woman (36%) & 1 in 4 men (29%) have been a
victim of some form of IPV in 2010.
– 1 in 4 woman (24%) & 1 in 7 men (14%) have
experienced sever IPV in 2010.
– Women are victims far more often of multiple forms
of violence
– IPV has resulted in 1.3 million injuries each year &
2,340 deaths in 2007; majority women.
– Nearly 325,000 women are victims of domestic
violence while pregnant

6. Important fact about IPV
Cannot be stressed enough....
IPV DOES NOT DISCRIMNIATE
Intimate partner violence occurs individually
in all communities regardless of age,
socioeconomic status, race, religion,
nationality, or educational background.

7. Myths
● IPV &/or Domestic Violence (DV) is just a momentary loss of
temper.
– TRUTH: True domestic violence is a conscious
choice to exert power and control over someone
using force. It is an ongoing technique.
● IPV &/or DV only happens in poor families.
– TRUTH: It occurs throughout all levels of society.
There is no evidence that suggests any community
is free of violence.
● IPV &/or DV is just an occasional slap or punch that isn't
serious.
– Victims are often seriously injured from acute
battering.

8. Myths continued..
● Heads of households have the right to control the people
they support.
– TRUTH: No person has the right to control another
person or exert physical, emotional, or sexual force
over another.
● If the violent episodes don't happen very often, the situation
is not that serious.
– TRUTH: Violence is always serious. Even if physical
violence does not happen often (if ever), the threat
of it remains a terrorizing means of control.
● Victims have the types of personalities that seek out and
encourage abuse.
– TRUTH: There is no empirically supported evidence
for this claim. Batterers are responsible for the
abuse, not the victim.

9. Myths continued..
● The victim can always leave.
– TRUTH: It takes on average a woman 6-8 times to
leave an abuser. Victims usually do not have a safe
place to go and because of extensive history of
relationship, victim has limited options (money,
friends, family, etc..)
– Sometimes it is safer for the victim to stay with the
batterer for the time being than to try and escape.
Creating a plan to leave can help victims stay safe
and successfully keep away from the batter.
– Over 75% of homicide cases involving IPV/DV occur
when the woman has attempted to leave or has left
her abuser (National Coalition Against Domestic
Violence, 2011).

10. Effects from IPV
● Physical effects-
– Chronic health
issues
– back pain
– seizures
– hypertension
● Psychological effects-
– Anxiety
– PTSD
– Depression
– emotional
detachment
– inability to trust
– low self-esteem
– suicide ideation

11. Red Flags for abuse
*having one or more does NOT automatically mean they are an abuser.
● Controlling who partner speaks and listens to
● In a hurry to be romantically involved
● Questioning partner's behavior or motives
● Imposition of his/her beliefs or opinions
● Belittling partner's beliefs or opinions
● Physically aggressive towards others
● Blaming others for problems
● “playful” use of force during sex
● Verbal mistreatment of others

12. Red Flags continued..
● Having a different persona
in private than in public (Dr.
Jekyll & Mr. Hyde)
● Cruelty towards animals or
children
● Reputation as a womanizer
or player
● Alcohol or drug abuse
● Often charming, charismatic
●
● Possessiveness
● Jealousy
● Forcing isolation
● Lying
● Manipulative
● Secretiveness
● Unpredictable, erratic
temper
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13. Safety Planning- according to the Los Angeles
County Board of Supervisors Domestic Violence Council, 2009
● Having important phone
numbers
● Supportive friends & family
● Knowing neighbors
● Places to go in case of an
emergency both inside and
outside of house
● KEYS & MONEY important
to hide in a safe place!
● Copies of important
documents such as-
– SS card
– Birth cert. Both
adults and child
– Driver's license
– Car registration
– Restraining or
protective order
– Divorce decree

14. Programs & Safety Settings
● 24 hour hotline
● Immediate safety shelters
● Counseling
● Survivor support
● Advocacy for both courts and medical

15. Need help?/Get involved
● NOMORE
– http://nomore.org/about/
● South Dakota websites
– http://www.sdnafvsa.com/shelter.php
– http://www.sdcedsv.org/

16. References
● Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Domestic
Violence Council. (2009).
● Martin, Michelle E. (2014). Introduction to Human
Services: Through the Eyes of Practice Settings. 3rd
Ed.
Pearson Education, Inc.
● National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. (2011).
● Royer, Nicole. (2015). Violence and Victim Advocacy.