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Battered woman syndrome. Battered woman syndrome ( BWS) is a pattern of signs and symptoms displayed by a woman who has suffered persistent intimate partner violence — psychological, physical, or sexual —from her male partner. [1] [2] It is classified in the ICD-9 (code 995.81) as battered person syndrome, [2] but is not in the DSM-5. [2]
Loveisrespect, National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline, launched February 8, 2007 by the National Domestic Violence Hotline, is a 24-hour national Web-based and telephone resource, created to help teens (ages 13–18) experiencing dating abuse, and is the only helpline in the country serving all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Traditionally, domestic violence (DV) was mostly associated with physical violence. Terms such as wife abuse, wife beating, wife battering, and battered woman were used, but have declined in popularity due to efforts to include unmarried partners, abuse other than physical, female perpetrators, and same-sex relationships.
Psychological abuse, often known as emotional abuse or psychological violence, is a form of abuse characterized by a person subjecting or exposing another person to a behavior that may result in psychological trauma, including anxiety, chronic depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder amongst other psychological problems. [1] [2] [3]
The CDC has stated that 43.8% of lesbian women reported experiencing physical violence, stalking, or rape by their partners. The study notes that, out of those 43.8%, two thirds (67.4%) reported exclusively female perpetrators. The other third reported at least one perpetrator being male, however the study made no distinction between victims ...
e. Violence against women ( VAW ), also known as gender-based violence[ 1][ 2] and sexual and gender-based violence ( SGBV ), [ 3] is violent acts primarily or exclusively committed by men or boys against women or girls. Such violence is often considered a form of hate crime, [ 4] committed against women or girls specifically because they are ...
Domestic violence during pregnancy is categorized as abusive behavior towards a pregnant woman, where the pattern of abuse can often change in terms of severity and frequency of violence. Abuse may be a long-standing problem in a relationship that continues after a woman becomes pregnant or it may commence in pregnancy. [ 1]
1824. " The Devil and Tom Walker " is a short story by Washington Irving that first appeared in his 1824 collection Tales of a Traveller, [1] in "The Money-Diggers" part of volume II. The story is very similar to the German legend of Faust . The story inspired other tales, including Wilhelm Hauff 's "Heart of Stone" (1827), [2] and Stephen ...