{"id":1247,"date":"2022-02-22T17:57:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T12:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinecounselling4u.com\/blog\/?p=1247"},"modified":"2023-06-14T18:38:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T13:08:26","slug":"what-is-domestic-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinecounselling4u.com\/blog\/what-is-domestic-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Domestic Violence and How to Identify it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You have probably heard the terms domestic violence<\/a> and domestic abuse. You know that there are people out there who suffer from some form of domestic violence on a daily basis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time and again you keep hearing these incidents where a victim of domestic violence has taken their own life. Or that someone lost their life as a result of the domestic abuse<\/a> faced by them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You might have noticed an associate or a loved one with bruises that they can\u2019t explain. Or even seen a neighbour speak to their spouse or some other family member in a despicable manner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what is domestic violence really? What if you are facing it and don\u2019t even realise it? Let us first try to understand a little bit about domestic violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First and foremost, you need to understand that anyone can be a victim of domestic violence. Initially people held the perception that only the violence shown by a man towards his wife can be defined as domestic violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But now, it has been defined that a person from any socioeconomic background, age, race, gender, education level, religion or sexual<\/a> orientation can be a victim of domestic violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, by this definition, spouses, some other family members, children, parents, cohabitants, sexual partners, dating partners and intimate partners – anyone can be a victim of domestic abuse or domestic violence. And anyone can be the perpetrator of domestic violence as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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