It is never ok when you are abused in any way by someone in your family, someone you are in a relationship with or someone were in a relationship with. People should not: 

  • hurt you or threaten to hurt you 
  • make you feel scared or upset on purpose 
  • make fun of you 
  • hide things that you need to communicate or move around 
  • control what you can do, where you can go or who you can meet 
  • stop you seeing your family, friends or pets  
  • follow you or spy on what you are doing 
  • control your money and what you can buy 
  • force you to have sex or do sexual things that you don’t want to do 
  • force you to live somewhere that you don’t want to – it could be a different country 
  • force you to marry someone you don’t want to marry 
  • cut or injure your private parts