Domestic Abuse Quiz
Domestic Abuse can happen to anyone, it knows no color, culture, religion, or socieconomic class. Abuse is when one person tries to hurt or control another person. Abuse can be verbal by name calling, making a person feel worthless, or being extremely jealous of the person for speaking to family or friends. Abuse can be physical such as being spit on, hit, pushed or choked. If you can answer yes to any of these signs, than you are not being treated right and need someone to be told about this treatment.
1. Hurts you by being violent by physical means, such as choking, smashing things, hitting, locking you in, driving dangerously or scaring you. Does your spouce do any of these things?
2. Try to stop you from seeing your own friends or family? When there is no reason islamically for you not to see them.
3. Makes you feel uncomfortable or afraid? When they are around it is though you are walking on egg shells.
4. Often puts you down or makes you feel worthless?
5. Calls you names such as fat, ugly, telling you that you have no manners, telling you that you are unappealing?
6. Make you feel afraid to disagree or say ‘no’ to them?
7. Extremely Jealous of you and accuses you of flirting with others when this is'nt true?
8. Keeps money from you or constantly tells you how household finances should be spent?
9. Does not care about you when you are sick or goes as far as not letting you get medical assistance?
10. Extreme pressure or force you to do sexual things that you don't want to do?
11. Threaten to hurt you, or to kill themselves if you say you want to end the relationship?
12. Displays inappropriate behavior around the children such as screaming at you or them or hitting you or them?
If you find yourself saying "yes" to any of the above you may want to inform your wali or someone who can help you to resolve your situation. You do not have to be alone in your pain. Speak out before it is too late.
