Hayat Bearat, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law and director of the school's Domestic Violence Institute, told ABC News that a couple also might have dissipated assets, or the abuse perpetrator may have moved all funds into an account over which they have sole control. หนังใหม่2025  

There may be financial barriers that prevent people from leaving as well. The survivor may not have a job, or may lack the education necessary to get a job so they can support themselves, according to experts. Leaving could also result in a divorce or a custody battle over children that could take many years to untangle. ดูหนัง2025

The reasons are many, according to the experts with whom ABC News spoke. They include physical barriers that may prevent a survivor from leaving. A perpetrator may isolate a survivor from their friends and family, who don't know about the abuse. The abused partner also may feel ashamed or embarrassed about revealing that they experienced abuse. Add

West, who studies the long-term consequences of intimate partner violence and sexual assault and who has testified as an expert witness in domestic violence cases, said perpetrators may psychologically manipulate their partners into thinking that they're overexaggerating the abuse being experienced. This can take the form of the perpetrator telling

"Perpetrators don't usually start off abusive," Carolyn West, a professor of clinical psychology at the University of Washington, told ABC News. "There's a grooming process oftentimes where they gain that victim's confidence before the abuse starts. And so they really present themselves as wonderful, caring partners." หนังใหม่2025