QUIZ OF THE MONTH

BATTERED WOMAN CHECKLIST

Use This quiz to Take a Personal, Private Look at Yourself

Answer Yes or No to each question!

BATTERED WOMAN CHECKLIST

Yes No Does the person you love…..

___ ___ 1. have to know where you are all the time?

--- --- 2.constantly accuse you of being unfaithful?

--- --- 3. discourage your relationships with family and friends?

--- --- 4. want you to stop working or attending school?
--- --- 5. criticize you for little things?

--- --- 6. anger easily especially when drinking or using drugs?

--- --- 7 control all the finances and make you account for every penny you spend?

--- --- 8.refuse to keep a job and force you to pay all the bills?

--- --- 9. humiliate or insult you in front of others?

--- ----10. destroy your personal property or sentimental things?

--- -- 11.hit, punch, slap, pull your hair, kick, throw twist your arms or legs, or bite you or your children?

--- -- 12.threaten to or actually use a weapon against you or your children?

--- --- 13. demand sex even if you don’t want to?

--- --- 14. coerce/force you to perform sexual acts you don't want to

If you answer yes to any of these, help is available (look on this web site under RESOURCES for this). Abusers will continue to abuse you and the abuse will get worse over time. No one deserves to be abused. Call the Domestic Violence hotline at 1-800-799-3224 for help and local resources for help.