What I Learned (and Had to Unlearn) from Witnessing Financial Abuse
Even the women in his family didn’t think women should be treated equally. When I later married, they mocked my wife for not taking my last name. This didn’t come from the men in the family. It came from the women. The patriarchal family structure was comforting to all of them, as a protection from a scary world. Even if that structure suppressed them, it provided a feeling of safety.
When Finances Become an Abuser’s Means of Entrapment
I realized that he had a huge drug problem that he had been hiding, and many of our bills were past due. I was frantic because we were on the verge of being evicted from our home. To my dismay, he refused.
Debt As Abuse
On March 22nd of this year, most of us were still wrapping our heads around the fact that the pandemic was still hampering our lives more than a year after the first shutdowns took effect in the United States. Maybe we were looking forward to getting out of the house and enjoying some spring weather, […]
Conned by My Husband: A Tale of the Long-term Effects of Financial Abuse on Credit Reports
The more child support delinquency and other forms of financial abuse are shed light upon regarding domestic violence, the greater the fight can become against it.
Financial Abuse: A Different Kind of Back-to-School Season
Many women aren’t even aware that they can be victims of abuse without a punch, slap, or kick. That is why we need to come armed with knowledge.
Child Support Delinquency: How Financial Abuse Can Continue After the Relationship Ends
She finally had the courage and safety plan in place to leave. It took all she could to muster up both the bravery and funds to take the children and go. She didn’t have much. For so long, she was a stay-at-home mom barely making ends meet because he kept a tight rein on the […]
