ILL TREATMENT OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE This is when a nomber of the family usually - husbands,partner, ex partner tries to phisically or phychologically dominate or hurt the other person. It is mainly violence of men to women, but it can also be women to men. Women now have more rights & help to get out of this situation .But many women don't protest & think it is normal tratment. Here in Spain in the year 2007 at least 9 wemen have been killed by their partners. Most of them were in the process of divorce or had an "Order of withdrawal". i got the imformation from : wikipedia