[hocndoc]

Thanks for speaking up!

The questions were about more than verbal abuse, there were threats or perceived threats and coercion involved.

Here are some of the survey's questions that tracked abuse by intimate partners:
* Physical abuse: Has an intimate partner ever hit, slapped, shoved, choked, kicked, shaken, or otherwise physically hurt you?
* Sexual abuse: Has an intimate partner ever forced you to participate in a sex act (e.g., oral, vaginal, or anal penetration) against your will? Ever threatened, coerced, or physically forced you into any sexual contact that did not result in intercourse or penetration?
* Nonphysical abuse: Have you ever been frightened for your safety, or that of your family or friends, because of anger or threats of an intimate partner? Has an intimate partner ever put you down, or called you names repeatedly, or controlled your behavior?

[Chanticleer]

I don't like questions based upon perceptions -- you may perceive I mean one thing when I don't. No doubt, this study has its flaws.

[Alia]

With all due respect, these questions and their answers are meaningless. After asking the question: Does he scream at you? Yes? Oh, was this after you threw a plate at his head?

NO. None of these very important investigative questions are ever asked.

I've seen more men locked up and just because a "she" started the fight and then gets upset because HE TREATS HER LIKE AN EQUAL IN THE FIGHT.

This is right out of the Domestic Violence study of the 90s (it's most recent latest incarnation).

[okiecon]

Has an intimate partner ever put you down, or called you names repeatedly, or controlled your behavior?

I have been put down by a partner, therefore I am a victim of IPV. Lumping trivial insults of an ex-girlfriend or boyfriend with physical abuse is dishonest.

[dighton]

Has an intimate partner ever put you down?

Come to think of it, one or two girlfriends did, but kiss and make up seemed a wiser course than call the cops.