{"id":250,"date":"2026-10-01T21:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T21:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostinghappisoft.xyz\/comprendre-la-violence\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T21:51:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T21:51:39","slug":"comprendre-la-violence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hostinghappisoft.xyz\/en\/comprendre-la-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<main id='bde-main'><section class=\"bde-f-container-250-113 bde-f-container page-hero page-hero-pink\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-100 bde-f-container page-hero-ring\"><\/div><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-112 bde-f-container wrap page-hero-grid\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-109 bde-f-container page-hero-copy\"><nav class=\"bde-f-container-250-106 bde-f-container crumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><a class=\"bde-f-text-link-250-101 bde-f-text-link crumb-link\" href=\"\/en\/\" target=\"_self\">\nHome\n<\/a><span class=\"bde-f-text-250-102 bde-f-text\">\n\/\n<\/span><a class=\"bde-f-text-link-250-103 bde-f-text-link crumb-link\" href=\"\/en\/besoin-d-aide\/\" target=\"_self\">\nGet help\n<\/a><span class=\"bde-f-text-250-104 bde-f-text\">\n\/\n<\/span><span class=\"bde-f-text-250-105 bde-f-text\">\nUnderstanding violence\n<\/span><\/nav><h1 class=\"bde-f-text-250-107 bde-f-text page-title\">\nWhat is violence against women?\n<\/h1><p class=\"bde-f-text-250-108 bde-f-text lead\">\nViolence is not a loss of control or an impulse. It is a chosen behaviour of domination over another, a way to assert power. It is intentional, recurring and cyclical.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-111 bde-f-container page-hero-media house\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-f-image-250-110 bde-f-image house-img\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cest-quoi-la-violence.jpg\" alt=\"Comprendre la violence\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bde-f-container-250-143 bde-f-container section\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-142 bde-f-container wrap\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-116 bde-f-container section-head\"><span class=\"bde-f-text-250-114 bde-f-text kicker\">\nDifferent forms of violence\n<\/span><h2 class=\"bde-f-text-250-115 bde-f-text h2\">\nViolence takes many forms.\n<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-141 bde-f-container grid-4\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-119 bde-f-container card\"><h3 class=\"bde-f-text-250-117 bde-f-text h4\">\nPhysical\n<\/h3><p class=\"bde-f-text-250-118 bde-f-text small\">\nAny unwanted, unnecessary physical contact causing pain, discomfort or injury.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-122 bde-f-container card\"><h3 class=\"bde-f-text-250-120 bde-f-text h4\">\nPsychological or emotional\n<\/h3><p class=\"bde-f-text-250-121 bde-f-text small\">\nAny act that causes fear or undermines dignity or self-esteem.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-125 bde-f-container card\"><h3 class=\"bde-f-text-250-123 bde-f-text h4\">\nSexual\n<\/h3><p class=\"bde-f-text-250-124 bde-f-text small\">\nAny unwanted or forced sexual activity.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-128 bde-f-container card\"><h3 class=\"bde-f-text-250-126 bde-f-text h4\">\nReligious or spiritual\n<\/h3><p class=\"bde-f-text-250-127 bde-f-text small\">\nAny tactic used to exert power and control over a woman\u2019s spirituality or religious practice.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-131 bde-f-container card\"><h3 class=\"bde-f-text-250-129 bde-f-text h4\">\nVerbal\n<\/h3><p class=\"bde-f-text-250-130 bde-f-text small\">\nInappropriate, embarrassing, offensive, intimidating, threatening or degrading comments.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-134 bde-f-container card\"><h3 class=\"bde-f-text-250-132 bde-f-text h4\">\nUsing the children\n<\/h3><p class=\"bde-f-text-250-133 bde-f-text small\">\nHurting or threatening to hurt the children, or taking them away to control a woman.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-137 bde-f-container card\"><h3 class=\"bde-f-text-250-135 bde-f-text h4\">\nPrivilege or social status\n<\/h3><p class=\"bde-f-text-250-136 bde-f-text small\">\nGestures or comments suggesting a woman is inferior because of her socio-economic background.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-140 bde-f-container card\"><h3 class=\"bde-f-text-250-138 bde-f-text h4\">\nEnvironmental\n<\/h3><p class=\"bde-f-text-250-139 bde-f-text small\">\nAny tactic that makes a woman afraid in her own environment.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bde-f-container-250-170 bde-f-container section bg-butter\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-169 bde-f-container wrap\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-147 bde-f-container section-head\"><span class=\"bde-f-text-250-144 bde-f-text kicker\">\nThe cycle of intimate partner violence\n<\/span><h2 class=\"bde-f-text-250-145 bde-f-text h2\">\nAn orchestrated cycle that speeds up over time.\n<\/h2><p class=\"bde-f-text-250-146 bde-f-text lead\">\nSet in motion by the abuser, this cycle allows him to maintain his domination. It repeats many times and accelerates.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-168 bde-f-container cycle\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-152 bde-f-container phase\"><span class=\"bde-f-text-250-148 bde-f-text phase-num\">\nPhase 1\n<\/span><h3 class=\"bde-f-text-250-149 bde-f-text phase-title\">\nTension building\n<\/h3><p class=\"bde-f-text-250-150 bde-f-text phase-row\">\n<strong>The abuser<\/strong> has fits of anger, gives threatening looks, imposes heavy silences.\n<\/p><p class=\"bde-f-text-250-151 bde-f-text phase-row\">\n<strong>The victim<\/strong> feels anxious, tries to improve the atmosphere, watches what she does and says.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-157 bde-f-container phase\"><span class=\"bde-f-text-250-153 bde-f-text phase-num\">\nPhase 2\n<\/span><h3 class=\"bde-f-text-250-154 bde-f-text phase-title\">\nCrisis\n<\/h3><p class=\"bde-f-text-250-155 bde-f-text phase-row\">\n<strong>The abuser<\/strong> is violent verbally, psychologically, physically, sexually or economically.\n<\/p><p class=\"bde-f-text-250-156 bde-f-text phase-row\">\n<strong>The victim<\/strong> feels humiliated, sad, and experiences the situation as unfair.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-162 bde-f-container phase\"><span class=\"bde-f-text-250-158 bde-f-text phase-num\">\nPhase 3\n<\/span><h3 class=\"bde-f-text-250-159 bde-f-text phase-title\">\nJustification\n<\/h3><p class=\"bde-f-text-250-160 bde-f-text phase-row\">\n<strong>The abuser<\/strong> makes excuses to justify his behaviour.\n<\/p><p class=\"bde-f-text-250-161 bde-f-text phase-row\">\n<strong>The victim<\/strong> tries to understand, helps him change, doubts herself and feels responsible.\n<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-167 bde-f-container phase\"><span class=\"bde-f-text-250-163 bde-f-text phase-num\">\nPhase 4\n<\/span><h3 class=\"bde-f-text-250-164 bde-f-text phase-title\">\nHoneymoon\n<\/h3><p class=\"bde-f-text-250-165 bde-f-text phase-row\">\n<strong>The abuser<\/strong> asks for forgiveness, talks about therapy or suicide.\n<\/p><p class=\"bde-f-text-250-166 bde-f-text phase-row\">\n<strong>The victim<\/strong> gives him another chance, notices his efforts, changes her own habits.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bde-f-container-250-184 bde-f-container section\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-183 bde-f-container wrap split\"><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-177 bde-f-container stack\"><span class=\"bde-f-text-250-171 bde-f-text kicker\">\nThe escalation of violence\n<\/span><h2 class=\"bde-f-text-250-172 bde-f-text h2\">\nIn most cases, violence gets worse.\n<\/h2><p class=\"bde-f-text-250-173 bde-f-text lead\">\nIt may start with insults and put-downs, then become physical. Escalation can be rapid or take months, even years, and continues when the means of control become ineffective. No woman can predict how the situation will evolve.\n<\/p><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-176 bde-f-container row\"><a class=\"bde-f-text-link-250-174 bde-f-text-link btn\" href=\"\/en\/besoin-d-aide\/\" target=\"_self\">\nGet help\n<\/a><a class=\"bde-f-text-link-250-175 bde-f-text-link btn btn-outline\" href=\"\/en\/ressources\/\" target=\"_self\">\nHelp resources\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"bde-f-container-250-182 bde-f-container escalade\"><div class=\"bde-f-text-250-178 bde-f-text esc-step esc-1\">\nPsychological violence\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-f-text-250-179 bde-f-text esc-step esc-2\">\nVerbal violence\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-f-text-250-180 bde-f-text esc-step esc-3\">\nPhysical and sexual violence and assault\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-f-text-250-181 bde-f-text esc-step esc-4\">\nFemicide\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/main>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accueil \/ Besoin d\u2019aide \/ Comprendre la violence C\u2019est quoi, la violence faite aux femmes\u00a0? 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