Sexual Abuse~ Sexual abuse is "forced sexual enviroment, touching, exploitation, and exposure". It is unwanted or innapropriate touching, fondling, genital exposure and exhibition, innapropriate or unwanted kissing or hugging, sexual gestures, sexual or obscene language or jokes, displaying sexually explicit pictures or written material, forcible and statutory rape, sexual intercourse, oral sex, sexual assault, and commercial exploitation for purposes of pornography, pedophilia, and incest. Also included are any acts or actions that are sufficiently sever or pervasive to create a sexually objectionable enviroment.
Social Abuse~ Social abuse is "not allowing or preventing another to exercise their right to function as an active member and/or have relationships within society". The most common form of social abuse is isolation. Social abuse is when someone prevents or does not allow another to go to school, go to work, go to friend's homes, go to family's home, talk or write letters to friends and family, join groups or organizations, use the phone, have guests in the home, to vote, to go to places alone, to go places they want to go. Social abuse is also embarrassing, degrading, shouting at, ignoring, or otherwise treating someone with disrespect within society. Verbal abuse often accompanies social abuse. The affect of social abuse leaves the victim without ties to the community which prevents the victim from getting help and causes them to feel alone.
Emotional Abuse~ Emotional Abuse is "any non accidental use of physical force or acts, verbalization, or exposure that results in the emotional disturbance of another". Emotional abuse can be displayed in many forms. The breaking of a person's belongings, taking away of belongings, selling one's belongings, threats, hurtful comments, constant criticism, comparison of one to another, degrading comments about someone close to another, and behavior that embarrases. Excesive calls to one's work, jealous comments or threats, withholding of praise or other positive comments are a few more examples. Emotional abuse is actions that are knowingly done to emotionally damage another..
Financial Abuse~ Financial abuse is "inappropriate (whether legal or illegal) use of another person's money or property." The attempting to, or actually persuading, tricking or threatening a person to part with money, property, or possesions. Attempting to influence or influencing this person to change their will. Cashing their checks or misspending money they are intrusted to use for another. Financial abuse can also be when one person chooses to work in society to support their family and then refuses to meet the needs of the family. Children and seniors are often victims of financial abuse because they are not able to contol their own finances or sometimes even understand what should be provided for them.
Battered Women's Justice Project- (800)-903-0111
Child Abuse Hotline- (800)-633-5155
Childhelp USA National Hotline- (800)-4A-Child
Family Violence Prevention Fund (888)-RX-ABUSE
National Center for Missing and (800)-843-5678
Exploited Children
National Center for Victim's of Crime- (800)-FYI-CALL
National Children's Alliance- (800)-239-9950
National Organization for Victim (800)-TRY-NOVA
Assistance-
Rape, Abuse, and Incest (800)-656-4673
National Network-
S.A.F.E. Alternatives (self injurers) (800)-DONT-CUT
National Hopeline Network- (800)-SUICIDE (links to a local crisis center for your area, in US only)
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