Photos: Mental damage that causes domestic violence

In Mexico, a woman dies every 9 days because of the domestic violence, and 80% women will suffer in their lives some type of aggression: family, work, institutional and sentimental, says Magdalena Sánchez Palacios , criminalist for the National Institute of Criminal Sciences.

 

Domestic violence is a pattern of aggressive and coercive behaviors, including physical, sexual and psychological attacks, as well as the economic coercion that adults or adolescents use to gain power and control over their intimate partners, "as described by Women Against Abuse.

Although their physical injuries can be evident (bruises, scratches, fractures), the same is not true with psychological ones. Discover the mental damage caused by domestic violence. Check the photo gallery!


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