The deadliest forms of domestic violence often only leave invisible injuries until it’s too late.
In both cases, these women were murdered by their estranged husbands.
The goal is to make victims feel like it’s the “two of them against the world.”

In fact, new research shows the currentnumber one cause of death for a pregnant personis domestic violence.
New rules and consequences usually only apply to the victim, too.
They will already have a plan in their minds, and they will already be testing boundaries."

Psychology Todayadds abusers are often disguised as someone with “White Knight Syndrome.”
But the main goal, Richards says, is to isolate and control.
Richards adds that men, however, don’t appear to be judged the same way.


