There is a potential abuse possibility in just about every possible type of relationship. The following table attempts to summarise the most well known abuse contexts. See also www.cyberparent.com/abuse
Abuse Context |
Description |
|---|---|
| Abuse of female partner by male partner | Domestic violence. Rape. Typically male exploits superior physical strength and/or the financial dependancy of the woman. www.wadv.org www.domesticviolence.org |
| Abuse of male partner by female partner | Femme fatale - uses sex as a weapon to manipulate. Battleaxe phenomina - verbal abuse. www.backlash.com |
| Abuse of animals | www.sharkonline.org |
| Abuse of children by adults | Abuse can be by male or female parents. www.childabuse.org www.preventchildabuse.org www.goodtouchbadtouch.com |
| Abuse of girls by other girls | Use of subtle and sinister psychological bullying. "Bitching" - "Queen bee" - "Drama queen". icteesside.icnetwork.co.uk/... |
| Abuse of parents by children | Emotional blackmail |
| Abuse by politicians | Government spin, excessive secrecy, propoganda, corruption, bullying, control freakery. |
| Abuse by the education system | Too much emphasis on intellectual development and learning facts. Little emphasis on emotional development, learning good behaviour and mutual respect. Too much emphasis on conforming as sheeple and little about learning how to think independently. |
| Abuse in schools | Abuse of :
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| Abuse of medical staff | Abuse of :
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| Abuse of patients by doctors | Not giving enough information to allow patient informed consent. Lack of accountability. Covering up mistakes and not learning from them. In the case of private medicine, inventing work. Not being open minded and insisting on a course of treatment rather than offering alternatives. Too much emphasis on prescription drugs. Sexual abuse of patients by doctors. |
| Abuse by salesmen | High pressure sale techniques using psychological tricks. Exaggerated claims |
| Abuse by conmen | Could, for example, be a dodgy builder or tradesman |
| Abuse by advertising | Deceit, emphasising positive side of product, ignoring negative side of product. Exaggerated claims - product hype. Use of subtle psychological tricks - subtle brainwashing. |
| Abuse by cults and cult leaders | Brainwashing. www.fwselijah.com/... |
| Abuse by the media | "Dumbing down". Mind numbing TV programs. Newspaper editorials that impose ideas and pander to prejudices rather than encourging debate and original thought. "Media manipulation" - "demonisation" |
| Abuse by financial consultants | Primary drive to earn commission. Exploiting client's ignorance. "Dotcom madness" |
| Abuse on the internet | Trolling (see members.aol.com/intwg/trolls.htm) |
| Abuse by stalking | |
| Abuse of elders | About one in twenty of the elderly are abused in some way. www.elderabuse.org.uk |
| Abuse in residential homes | Too frequent use of tranquilizer drugs by nurses and doctors - the "chemical cosh". Direct verbal, emotional, physical and even sexual abuse. |
| Abuse in nurseries | Direct verbal, emotional and physical abuse, for example shouting at or excluding child. |
| Abuse in children's homes | Tendancy to attract child abusers or paedophiles as wardens. Direct verbal, emotional, physical and sexual abuse. |
| Abuse by organised religions | Insistance of complying with doctrine. Intolerance of other religions. Religious bigotry. Direct verbal, emotional, physical and sexual abuse. |
| Abuse in the church | www.spiritualabuse.org www.balmnet.co.uk |
| Abuse by police | Bullying interrogation tactics on the accused. Police corruption. www.policecorruption.com |
| Abuse in military | Bullying as publicised at Deepcut. www.militarycorruption.com |
| Abuse in prisons | Bullying between prisoners - many psychopathic and in enclosed space. Abuse of prisoners by wardens. |
| Racial abuse | |
| Homosexual abuse | |
| Workplace abuse | Abuse of employees by managers |
| Abuse by "professionals" | Arrogance. Giving the sense that they are superior beings or gods and that their judgement is beyond question by the general public. Professionals help create a mistique by having their own impregnable jargon. Institutionalised bullying. Professionals often charge a lot of money and take control of things by attempting to do the thinking for you so you lose control of what is happpening and they take control instead. Self regulation by the professions never works - they can't be trusted to act for the wider good rather than their own interests. Defensiveness and lack of openness. |
| Abuse by psychiatrists and psychotherapists | Denial of bullying, personality disorders and psychological injury. Direct abuse of some patients - exploiting their vulnerabilities. If any patient then complained that they were being abused, the therapist can easily "play the mental illness card" saying that the patient is mentally ill and therefore is not of sound mind. See therapy-abuse.net |
| Abuse of disabled and mentally ill | Too frequent use of tranquilizer drugs by nurses and doctors - the "chemical cosh". Direct verbal, emotional, physical and sexual abuse. |
| Abuse of residents by neighbours | www.nfh.org.uk |
| Abuse by charity workers | Almost anyone can become a charity worker. It allows access to vulnerable people. Charity organisiations typically have little accountability and workers can often do what they like. |
| Peer abuse | www.peerabuse.info |
| Hazing | www.stophazing.org |
| Local authority corruption | www.cobblers2thecouncil.com www.dorsetvictimsupport.org www.ipswichswimmingpools.com |
| Abuse by trade unions | Bullying by trade union leaders. General denial and poor support for bullied workers. |
| Abuse by companies in general | Cartels and lack of a fair competitive market. New small companies often get bullied out of existence by big companies. "Restrictive practices". "Vested interests". |
| Abuse by banks | Lack of real competion, complacency. Artificially making cheques take days to clear so the banks can earn interest. |
| Abuse by dental profession | Blanket denial that mercury fillings causes harm in spite of compelling evidence to the contrary. |
| Abuse by food industry | Additives in food. Excessive salt, sugar and water in food. Reconstituted processed food. Abuse of animals through factory farming etc. |
| Text message abuse |