The consequences of extreme coercion, control, and abuse can have a lasting impact on the lives of those involved. The impact of physical force and abuse is deeply significant, and meaningful beyond the actual pain it inflicts, as it creates a brutalising relationship between the perpetrator and the victim.
This dehumanisation develops as the aggressor repeatedly attacks the body boundary of the other person, harming their body and also terrorising their mind. The objectification of another person can be a means to assert one's own status and sense of agency.
Some of these injuries are invisible and internal, like psychological damage and traumatic brain injury. One study in a women's prison found a significant proportion of women with prior experience of domestic violence had acquired brain damage.
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