For women: 8 ways you abuse your husband without throwing a punch

Domestic violence against men isn’t always easy to identify, but it can be a serious threat. Know how to recognize if you’re being abused.

According to Straus, Hamby, Boney-McCoy & Sugarman (1996): aggression includes the following behaviors:

• Insulting or swearing at one’s partner
• Shouting at one’s partner
• Stomping out of the room
• Ignoring one’s partner
• Threatening to hit or throw something at one’s partner
• Destroying something that belongs to one’s partner
• Calling one’s partner fat or ugly
• Accusing one’s partner of being a lousy lover