Domestic violence is a pattern of control that physically harms, induces fear, or violates a person’s personal and legal rights.
Domestic violence is characterized by:
- Intention – Domestic violence is an intentional action that is meant to control the victim and force them to submit to the aggressor.
- Uneven distribution of power – In reality, one person has power over the other, the victim is weaker than the aggressor.
- It violates personal and legal rights – The aggressor takes advantage of his strength to violate the victim’s basic rights (e.g. the right not to be physically touched, the victim’s respect and dignity, etc.).
It causes suffering and pain – The aggressor endangers the victim’s health and life through physical violence. The feeling of suffering and pain causes the victim to be less able to defend herself. | 
