Module 2: Intimate Partner Violence

Question 1

Describe the Socio-Historic Evolution of Laws Regarding IPV?

Answer 1

1909: wife battery in the criminal code

1968: divorce act

1970: mechanism of safety by the government

1980: Linda Mcleod’s report, provincial and federal economic support

1985: police policies mandating charges in case of domestic assault

1986: prosecution of spousal assault causes

Question 2

Define Family or Domestic Violence

Answer 2

Abusive behaviors by one family member towards another to gain control.

Question 3

Define Intimate Partner Violence

Answer 3

Any type of harm caused by intimate partner, current or former, which takes different expressions but is often the result of an attempt to gain or assert power or control over a partner, regardless of whether or not these partners live together.

Question 4

What Are Expression of IPV?

Answer 4

Physical: slapping, choking, hitting.

Sexual: forcing someone to have sex without their consent, anything against the sexual autonomy or integrity.

Harassment: continuing to do something even after the relationship, showing up somewhere, messages, threats.

Financial: control over finances, not allowing you to work.

Verbal

Emotional

Gaslighting: make you questions yourself/your beliefs, make you think your reality is different than what it really is.

Question 5

What Are the Cycles?

Answer 5

1. Honeymoon phase: everything is good, you receive flowers, gifts.
2. Tension building: thinking they are getting lied to or cheated on which accumulated tension.
3. Crisis: break up or not.
4. Reconciliation: perpetrator apologizes and says they’ll change, then it starts over again.

Question 6

What Is the Battered Women Syndrome?

Answer 6

Emotional: depression, anxiety, PTSD, low self-esteem, helplessness.

Behavioral: withdrawal from social interactions, difficulty trusting others, hypervigilant.

Physical: chronic pain, gastrointestinal issues, stress related health issues.

Question 7

What Are the Stages?

Answer 7

1. Denial
2. Guilt
3. Enlightenment
4. Responsibility