Certainly, if they are physically abusing you, there will be bruises, bloodied noses, cuts, and other injuries to indicate what's going on. Remember that assaulting and battering someone is a criminal offense, and you don't deserve it no matter how old or young you are, how mad the person became, or whether you were having a heated argument with them beforehand. Nobody has the right to batter anyone else, ever. A sorry excuse for aggressive masculine behavior, if ever I heard one. No, they're just scared and believe they deserve it.
Abuse knows no prejudice.
Hey, nuns have been raped. You have been sexually abused when a person touches you or makes you do things sexually that you are not comfortable with him or her doing. When you are being forced to do something sexual, you are being abused. If you are a female read this page about abuse, then return back to here. You have just realized that you are being abused, or you are reliving that experience in your mind.