CONTENTS

About This Course

Table of Contents

1. Getting The Basics
2. Substance Abuse
3. Violence Against Women
4. Violent Men
5. Alcohol and Violence
6. Alcohol, Drugs and Sexual Assault (Date Rape)
7. Preventing Sexual Assault
8. After a Rape or Sexual Assault
9. Assistance - Women
10. Assistance - Men
11. Legal Options

Supplements
Resources
Glossary
Fact Sheets

It Won't Happen to Me:
Substance Abuse-Related Violence Against Women for Anyone Concerned About The Issues

The Methods and Ways of Abusers

Not all men use all types of abuse at all times. Over the course of time, however, an abusive man will inflict verbal, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse on a woman if there is no intervention. Where the abuse occurs may differ in dating relationships. Remember, whatever method a man may use, it usually is about power and control. Alcohol may or may not be involved. When it is, risk of violence increases.

Some methods of abuse may include the following^1,14:

• Using financial pressure, which keeps the woman from earning a living or supporting herself financially
• Using the children to hurt the woman, such as threatening to take them away
• Using male privilege to treat the woman as a lesser person
• Instilling fear through threatening gestures or looks
• Isolating the woman from family and friends