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What Does Sexual Dysfunction Have To Do With Domestic Abuse?

Author: Lisa Twerski, LCSW

March 2nd, 2016

What does sexual dysfunction have to do with domestic violence? Well, nothing really. There are, however, many opportunities to detect a case of domestic abuse, and many opportunities to miss it. Domestic violence is comprised of many different abusive tactics, one of which is sexual abuse. Using the arena of sexual intimacy to assert power and control doesn't always look the same. Sometimes the withholding of affection and sexual intimacy i …