Danger Ahead

Warning Signs of Unhealthy and Unequal Relationships

SUPERIORITY: The primary characteristic of an abuser.

• Do they tell you what to do?

• Make most of the decisions?

• Does all the talking?

• Blame you?

• Is critical of you?

• Gives you an ‘allowance’?

POSSESSIVENESS: They think they own their victims, even after separation

• Are they jealous & possessive?

• Do they check up on you?

• Accuse you of cheating?

• Want you all to himself?

• Put down your friends and family?

• Scare you?

• Make you afraid of their reactions?

• Pressure you to have sex whether you want to or not?

•Demand more and more from you -- you're never enough!

HAS RIGID AND UNEQUAL GENDER ROLE EXPECTATIONS

• Expects you to do the shopping, cooking and cleaning.

• Expects boys to be tough and strong.

• Expects females to be weak and submissive.

• Expects females to obey.

• Expects to be the king of the household.

Retrieved & Adapted From The Center for Domestic Peace (2014)