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What kind of behavior is considered domestic violence?

Domestic violence can take a number of forms, including:

physical behavior (slapping, punching, pulling hair or shoving)
forced or coerced sexual acts or behavior (unwanted fondling or intercourse, or sexual jokes and insults)
threats (threatening to hit, harm or use a weapon)
psychological abuse (attacks on self-esteem, attempts to control or limit another person's behavior, repeated insults or interrogation)
stalking (following a person, appearing at a person's home or workplace, making repeated phone calls or leaving written messages), or
cyberstalking (repeated online action or email that causes substantial emotional distress).

Typically, many kinds of abuse go on at the same time in a household.

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