The 'trigger' may be an insignificant element of behavior, such as a casual joke, gesture or mild criticism, which would normally be overlooked, but to the frustrated individual may be enough to provoke an aggressive response. This is where the contributing factor "Substance Abuse" would likely exaggerate the importance of a gesture etc., and cause the individual to respond in an irrational, aggressive manner. ...

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Violence against women is a critical public health concern, that has both devastating physical and emotional abuse for all involved. Many women are abused mentally, physically, and sexually by partners and strangers. Domestic violence during the last twenty years has been acknowledged as a huge grow...

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Verbal abuse may take the form of sexual jokes, comments with sexual overtones, inquiries about a person's sex life and unwelcome gestures, indecent exposure, and unwelcome display of sexually explicit pictures or objects. ...

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Those that take the non-verbal format include staring, making gestures and the display of degrading or suggestive sexual materials while the physical forms include kissing, touching and patting (Welsh, 26). ...

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