Battered Woman's & Man's Guide of Signs To Look For In A Battering Personality!

Many women are interested in ways that they can predict whether they are about to become involved with someone who will be physically abusive. Usually battering occurs between a man and a woman, but lesbians can be battered too.

Below is a list of behaviors that are seen in people who beat their girlfriends or wives. The last four signs listed are battering, but many women don't realize this is the beginning of physical abuse.

If a person has several of the other behaviors (say three or more) there is a strong potential for physical violence -- the more signs a person has, the more likely the person is a batterer. In some cases a batterer may have only a couple of behaviors that the woman can recognize, but they are very exaggerated: (e.g. will try to explain his/her behavior as signs of his/her love and concern, and a woman may be flattered at first; but as time goes on, the behaviors become more severe and serve to dominate and control the woman).