IN ADDITION TO SAYING THINGS THAT ARE MENAT TO BE CRUEL AND HURTFUL, VERBAL ABUSE INCLUDES DEGRADING WOMAN, CURSING HER, OR DICOUNTING HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THE BATTERER MAY TELL THE WOMAN THAT SHE'S STUPID AND UNABLE TO FUNCTION WITHOUT HIM. HE MAY WAKE HER UP TO VERBALLY ABUSE HER OR NOT ALLOW HEER TO GO TO SLEEP.
