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The problem

Domestic violence and sexual assault are so embedded in our society they can be hard to see. There is a culture of silence around these issues, one that compounds the shame felt by survivors of abuse, often rendering them—as well as the people who hurt them—invisible. It is crucial to stand against this facelessness by understanding just how many of us and how many people we know experience this abuse.

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The challenge

Our collective inaction helps perpetuate domestic violence and sexual assault. The sheer scale of these harmful situations overwhelms. We feel frozen by anxiety. We often are unsure about what exactly constitutes abuse. We are uncertain about how to intervene in a situation that appears abusive, and unclear about what to do if we do intervene.

We can overcome this paralysis through education and a willingness to speak out, to examine our own attitudes and ask ourselves how we can do better and do more.

Domestic violence is:

Using violence.
Threatening violence.
Exerting strict control over financial resources, social interactions, or appearance.
Requiring constant contact, including excessive phone calls or texts.
Insulting a partner in front of other people.
Exhibiting extreme jealousy.
Instilling fear in a partner.
Isolating a partner from family and friends.

Click here to learn more about tactics of power and control.

To see the sources for these statistics, click here.

I WILL EDUCATE MYSELF AND OTHERS. I WILL SPEAK UP WHEN I EXPERIENCE OR WITNESS ABUSE. ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, CHICAGO SAYS “NO MORE.”

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HELPLINE: 877.863.6338

SEXUAL ASSAULT HELPLINE: 888.293.2080