'He wanted to destroy me financially': The economic abuse of domestic violence survivors
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Nearly every domestic violence survivor has reported suffering economic abuse at the hands of their abusive partner. They’ve been coerced into debt, had their credit scores ruined, lost all financial independence. Few laws are on the books to prevent this. That soon may change.
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| 0:47.0 | This is On Point. I'm Megna Chakrabardi. |
| 0:50.3 | More than 12 million Americans suffer from domestic violence or more broadly intimate partner violence every year. |
| 0:58.5 | That includes physical, verbal, and psychological abuse. |
| 1:03.5 | But almost all survivors, anywhere from 94 to 99%, also suffer from something that's almost never talked about. |
| 1:14.6 | Economic abuse. |
| 1:16.6 | When I got into like group therapy and working with the therapist, |
| 1:19.3 | that was the first time I'd ever even heard the term, economic abuse. |
| 1:22.7 | And I'm like, wow, I was dealing with this in my whole relationship |
| 1:25.6 | and had no idea what it was. |
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