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questions about violence

What is violence?

The types of violence

Physical violence:

Psychological violence:

Is an attack on another person’s personal value, self-esteem and self-confidence
Makes the other person feel guilty, inferior, or scared
Is the least visible form of violence and is more difficult to detect, but nevertheless leaves long-lasting scars
May take many forms: insults, threats, humiliation, rejection, taunting, rumours, nasty comments...

Sexual violence:

Is the use of control to force another person to engage in sexual acts
Is the subjection of someone to unwanted words, acts, or comments of a sexual nature
May take many forms: verbal humiliation with sexually charged words, forced kissing, exposure to sexual scenes, touching, non-consensual sexual relations...

Economic violence:

Is the use of control to gain access to a person’s money or possessions, or to prevent their access to these things
May take many forms: stealing money or credit cards, selling someone’s things without their knowledge, forcing someone to buy something for yourself, running up debts in someone else’s name...

Passive violence:

Is the conscious ignoring of the physical, psychological, and emotional needs of a person, the conscious failure to ensure the safety of someone under one’s care, or the failure to ensure the development of well-being of someone under one’s care
May take many forms: withholding affection, being unavailable to respond to the emotional and safety needs of a child or adolescent, failing to provide a child or adolescent with food or clothing, failing to ensure necessary hygiene, abandoning a child or adolescent...