Today's Message
Posted: Tuesday, October 23, 2012Relationship Violence in the Straight and LGBT Communities
As part of Buffalo State’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month programs, the Student Social Work Organization, Kappa Omega Social Work Honor Society, and VIVA are sponsoring a presentation on relationship violence by Laura Grube of Haven House and Jorien Brock of the Pride Center of Western New York today from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in Classroom Building B332.
Relationship violence is a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner. It can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats that influence another person. This includes behaviors that intimidate, manipulate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, terrorize, coerce, threaten, blame, hurt, injure, or wound someone. It happens in all types of relationships—married or dating, among teens and adults. It occurs in lesbian and gay relationships with the same frequency as in straight relationships.
For more information, contact Liz McGough, ext. 4029.
