OCTOBER is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

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OCTOBER is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

• How much do you know about DV?

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Healthy vs. Unhealthy Relationships
Healthy
Unhealthy
Images from http//labmf.org/facts/relationships
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Domestic Violence (Relationship Abuse) is

• Domestic Violence is physical, sexual, verbal,
  emotional, or financial abuse between people in a
  present or former relationship. It can involve
  threats, pushing, punching, slapping, choking,
  sexual assault, shouting, name-calling, harming
  or threatening to harm children or pets, and
  other violent or intimidating behaviors. Rarely a
  one-time occurrence, domestic violence usually
  escalates in frequency and severity over time.1

1 New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and
Sexual Violence
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Dartmouths Policy

• On Domestic Violence
• The College Standards of Conduct include a
  number of behaviors that could be considered
  domestic violence in some circumstances.
  Domestic violence (or relationship abuse) can
  be defined as physical, sexual, verbal, emotional
  or financial abuse between people who are, or
  have been, in a relationship. It can involve
  verbal threats, physical contact such as punching
  or slapping, sexual assault, or other targeted
  violent behavior. If you have any concerns about
  domestic violence or believe you may be a victim
  of domestic violence, please contact the Sexual
  Abuse Awareness Program Coordinator at
  [phone] or [phone] or blitz SAPA.

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Look for Warning Signs!

• Jealousy
• Controlling
• Quick involvement
• Unrealistic expectations
• Isolation
• Blames others for problems
• Blames others for feelings
• Humiliation
• Name-calling
• Playing mind games
• Hypersensitivity
• Any force during an argument
• Breaking or striking objects
• Threats

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You might not think anything of it, but

• If your partner engages in playful use of force
  in sex, it may be a sign that he/she could become
  abusive.
• This type of behavior entails
• Acting out fantasies in which you are helpless
• Portraying the idea of rape as exciting
• Showing little concern about whether or not sex
  is consensual
• Using sulking or anger as tools of manipulation
• Starting to have sex with you when you are
  sleeping or demanding sex when you are ill or
  tired
• Wanting to make up by having sex after being
  physically or verbally abusive

From www.rainbowdomesticviolence.itgo.com
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Resources Available to Students

• SAAP Coordinator 6-3456(MTW)6-9430(ThF) or blitz
  Meesh de Sousa
• Sexual Abuse Peer Advisors blitz SAPA
• Mentors Against Violence blitz MAV
• Department of Safety Security 6-4000
• Counseling Human Development 6-9442
• Undergraduate Student Deans 6-2243
• Office of Pluralism Leadership 6-0987
• Health Resources 6-9414
• Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Office6-3482
• WISE (Upper Valley Crisis Center) 448-5922

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Empower yourself!

• The more educated you are about relationship
  violence, the more you are able to make informed
  decisions in times of crisis.
• Being educated about domestic abuse also allows
  you to serve as a resource for friends and peers.

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