Quick & Deep Insights Into Verbal Abuse
A lot of verbal abuse is subtle. Not just shouts and insults
It strikes me, given the focus on sexual harassment, that verbal abuse and sexual harassment have a lot in common. Perhaps the most obvious commonality involves the explanations (read EXCUSES) people use for their abusive and harassing behavior.
Below you’ll find some quotes I created for something or other….to tell the truth I can’t remember what…on the nature of verbal abuse.
Feel free to share these graphics freely. Even with your own inadvertent verbal abuser, and remember, that we ALL use some tactics of verbal abuse.
If you’d like more about some of the “normal” phrases that people use, check out our serialization of Imperfect Phrases For Relationships: 101 Phrases You Should Never Use With Someone You Care About.
