VIOLENCE AND ABUSE FACT SHEET

Statistics show that 1 in 3 women will experience some sort of violence in their lifetime. Below is a checklist to see if you could potentially be in an abusive relationship. Remember, women between the ages of 16-24 experience the highest rate of domestic/ dating violence and sexual assault.|

Does someone you care about...

• Constantly put you down?
• Repeatedly call or show up to check on you?
• Make fun of you in a cruel way?
• Control all the money?
• Scare or threaten you? "If you do that again, I'll.."
• Always blame you?
• Force you to touch or be touched when you don't want to?
• Glare, yell, raise fists or break things?
• Grab, shove or hit you?
• Control who you see or what you do?

Do you...

• Believe if you tried harder that everything would be ok?
• Feel like you have to "walk on eggshells" to avoid anger?

If you have answered "yes" to even one of the above questions, please consider calling a resource listed below. You do not deserve abuse; you do have choices.

For questions or help call:
GVSU Counseling & Career Development Center
616.331.3266
www.gvsu.edu/counsel

YWCA of West Central Michigan 
616.459.4652 (24-hour crisis line is 616.451.2744)
www.ywcawcmi.org

Center for Women in Transition (Holland, MI)
616.392.2829 (crisis line is 1.800.848.5991)
www.aplaceforwomen.org

For more information:
The Stop Family Violence Project
www.stopfamilyviolence.org

The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network
www.rainn.org