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What is abuse?
Abuse is a pattern of behavior
where one person tries to control the thoughts, beliefs
or actions of a partner, friend or any other person
close to them. It can include physical, emotional,
sexual and/or economic abuse. While some folks who
are battered fight back, battering is never mutual.
Battering happens in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
intersex, and straight communities and crosses all
social, ethnic, racial, and economic lines. An individual's
size, strength, politics, gender presentation, or personality
does not determine whether s/he can be battered or
a batterer.
No one has the
right to batter and no one deserves to be battered.
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