Women are targeted by partners in more situations of violence

Women are targeted by a person they know in medium and high income populations or geographies associated with middle and high income persons. 

Women in poverty or under-developed parts of the world are equally likely to be assaulted by either a person known and most likely targeted by extreme terrorist in order to control the men. 

Types of abusers

• The schoolyard bully
• The partner in a relationship
• The peers or boss in a workplace bullying scenario
• The public servant with authority over civil society
• The sexual predator who stalks their unknowing victim
• The extreme terrorist in an underdeveloped country

Symptoms of Abuse
Financial or economic control over a person

A known threat - in the home has the greatest potential for harm with cultural and spiritual norms suggesting a woman would need to stand by her male partner. 

• When the threat exist In a romantic relationship or domestic partners-Includes heterosexual and homosexual relationships.

Social or Familial relationships are often formed by the abuser in order to earn a savior or hero role to those closest to the victim.  

• The perfect partner begins to form relationships with the most trusted persons or those who the victim trust and relies on for emotional support. 
• The perfect partner begins to test the loyalty of the victim while questioning the victims emotional wellness with the trusted persons relied on by the victim. 
• The partner forces the others or victim to sever the relationships while appearing to not be the cause. 

The perfect partner establishes a perception of being the best surrogate parent for a single mother, these situations may apply to men as single parents who have physical custody of their children.