How do you know if you suffer from gender violence?
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Early warning signals:
- He silences you.
- He's not interested in your feelings.
- He ridicules you in front of your friends and family.
- He monitors your mobile or computer without your knowledge or makes you show him what you’re doing with them.
- He belittles the way you dress or tells you what you have to wear.
- He makes hurtful comments and says they're jokes.
- He is jealous.
- He blames you for the things that happen to him or turn out badly for him.
- He is constantly suspicious of you.
- He uses emotional blackmail on you to achieve what he wants.
- He pressures you so you only spend time with him.
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Stronger warning signals:
- He belittles your opinions and tells you to shut up and that you don’t know what you're talking about.
- He shouts at you.
- He hits you and says they are signs of affection.
- He tells you you're always doing things to make him jealous.
- He hits the wall, furniture or objects when he gets angry.
- He destroys one of your personal items.
- He destroys an object from a friend or family member who is important to you.
- He pushes you.
- He blames you for all the rows and tension.
- He gets angry out of all proportion for little things.
- You avoid his getting angry however you can.
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Extremely worrying signs where:
- He doesn’t let you meet up with your friends and family.
- You feel isolated.
- He argues with a female or male friend because he’s jealous.
- He forces you to have sexual relations you do not want and/or when you do not want them.
- He grabs you strongly by the neck.
- He threatens you with objects or arms.
- He threatens to kill you.
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