Domestic Violence Short Story Powerpoint

A story sharing the common factor of control is that of Leslie and Ben. Ali and Ben were together for only a few months before he asked for her location on her phone to be shared. He said it was because he had trust issues due to his ex, but since she had nothing to hide she didn’t see a problem with it. They both went to different colleges about two hours away from each other but committed to spending the weekends with one another. After meeting her roommate only twice, he was convinced she was bad news and pressured Leslie into asking the school to move her to a single. She got placed in an all-girls dorm on campus which was hard for Leslie to adjust to since most of her friends at school were male. Changing rooms still wasn’t enough for …show more content…
When Leslie questioned this he got annoyed and asked why wouldn’t give it to him if she had nothing to hide. Not wanting to fight, she just gave him access which he would shortly take advantage of. Every night they spent together from them on out he would go through her phone when she was asleep and take down the names and numbers of guys who tried to talk to her. This is a common factor seen in domestic violence situations as men will often believe their victim is not being faithful and results in them rifling through both phones and purses. When Leslie had finally reached a point and realized he was controlling too many aspects of her life, she confronted Ben. His immediate response was that she was obviously cheating on him and throwing away the best relationship she would ever have. This was triggering for Leslie because she realized that if she lost him she would have to then spend all her time at school where she didn’t have friends due to the fact she spent all her free time with him. Leslie had been fighting depression for years which Ben was aware of and took full advantage of by telling her that nobody else will ever love her and she has nobody in