Signs of gender-based violence

We cannot act against marital violence if we don’t understand the mechanism of control and power management that characterizes these relationships.

In fact, domestic violence is inextricably linked to the concept of power, and its ultimate aim is not simply to cause physical or psychological suffering to one’s partner, but rather to subdue her, bend her, annihilate her.

• Acceleration of the phases of the relationship
• Extreme jealousy
• Possessiveness
• Control
• Isolation
• Devaluation attitudes
• Victimhood
• Economic dependence

These strategic behaviours precede the triggering of the so-called cycle of violence.