This Is A Reminder That Not All Relationship Abuse Is Obvious
The #ThatsNotLove campaign aims to show that not all abusive relationships are easily identifiable.
One Love, an organization dedicated to helping end relationship violence, recently made a new video about the more subtle forms of emotional abuse.
It starts off normally enough.
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With gestures that could be interpreted as either sweet or mildly controlling, depending on the context.
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Slowly, the conversations are tinged with more anger.
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And grow into actual violent acts.
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Which are all under the guise of passion/jealousy/intense love.
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Many times, emotional abuse in a relationship means slow-growing isolation from friends and peers.
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According to One Love's statistics, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men will experience relationship violence in their lifetime, and 57% of college students say it's not always easy to identify relationship abuse.
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You can watch the video in full here:
