Not allowing you to have your own checkbook Not paying alimony or child support when able. Using a knife, gun, or other weapon against you Driving at unsafe speeds to intimidate you. Battering results in hurt, anger, fear, and degradation. All batterers abuse their victims in order to gain control of them. Abuse intimidates the victimized partner, damages both self-confidence and one s ability to evaluate one s situation.
Abuse inhibits the victim from taking action to protect oneself.