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I moved the old version of this article to Abuse/old and restarted with a basic definition. I will try to move some of the more encyclopedic information from the old one to this one over the next day or two. Feel free to help out or add.

DJ Clayworth 21:23, 8 Jan 2004 (UTC)

1 Abuse Template
2 Incest and not Homosexuality or Beastiality?
3 Eagerness to Label
4 Verbal Abuse
5 Wrong Link

[edit] Abuse Template

The {{abuse}} tag is being inserted into a lot of articles where IMV it is unhelpful. Does anyone know where it originates from? The Land 14:20, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

Where the heck is this remplate located, seriously. DanB†DanD 04:14, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Incest and not Homosexuality or Beastiality?

I have nothing against both homosexuals and those who have an incest relationship (although both are a bit "sick" to me) but why is incest on the list? If we have incest on the list why don't we put homosexuality? I think that is a double standard. I think either we should remove incest or keep it along with homosexuality. What do you think? Zachorious 04:18, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Consensual incest is vanishingly rare: the overwhelming majority of cases are of child abuse by an adult relative. DanB†DanD 20:03, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Eagerness to Label

Thanks to various clinicians who are compelled to find a label for any and every human social/emotional difficulty, "abuse" may be used too readily. The minimum criteria for physical, verbal, and emotional abuse, particularly can be very elastic. Early in the 21st Century, there is great concern for the victim and there may be times and situations when even a high level of discomfort should not be defined as abuse by others in that person's social constellation. An addition regarding this elasticity of definition might be in order. 207.178.98.9 22:27, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Verbal Abuse

There is a problem with the Verbal Abuse link. The link directs you to a Texas band named Verbal Abuse which is completely irrevelant.

Same goes with Zoophilia or Beastiality. I think Beastiality is more of a candidate for abuse than voluntary homosexuality or incest. Zachorious 04:24, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Incest is a crime and is shown to be destructive to families. It also invariably involves one party that is extremely domineering over another, calling into question the ability of the dominated party to consent. Homosexuality is none of these. 138.88.125.189 19:44, 7 December 2006 (UTC) i think it bad to get abuse cuz most people that are abuse they think there nobody and won't make it anywhere they get laugh at and thing like that.