Whois & Analysis for loveisrespect.org

The National Domestic Violence Hotline is a 24-hour, confidential, toll-free hotline created through the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in the United States.

Hotline staff immediately connect the caller to a service provider in his or her area.

Highly trained advocates provide support, information, referrals, safety planning, and crisis intervention in 170 languages to hundreds of thousands of domestic violence victims.

As of October 2013, the hotline offers services via online chat during selected hours of the day.

This livechat service has been said to break down some of the barriers victims of domestic violence face through its anonymity.

Users whose abusers might monitor internet history are encouraged to call via a friend or family member's phone or an alternate computer to protect their privacy and safety, however.

Dating abuse or dating violence is defined as the perpetration or threat of an act of violence by at least one member of an unmarried couple on the other member within the context of dating or courtship.

It is also when one partner tries to maintain power and control over the other through abuse/violence.

This abuse/violence can take a number of forms: sexual assault, sexual harassment, threats, physical violence, verbal, mental, or emotional abuse, social sabotage, and stalking.

It can include psychological abuse, emotional blackmail, sexual abuse, physical abuse and psychological manipulation.

loveisrespect National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline was launched February 8, 2007 by the National Domestic Violence Hotline and Break the Cycle.

This 24-hour national Web-based and telephone resource was created to help teens and young adults experiencing dating abuse, and is the only helpline in the country serving all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

In addition to the telephone hotline there is a text feature, and a live chat option, which allows teens to connect to trained peer advocates via the web.

loveisrespect peer advocates are trained to offer crisis intervention, advocacy, and information and referrals.

The Ultimate Resource is a 1981 book written by Julian Lincoln Simon challenging the notion that humanity was running out of natural resources.

It was revised in 1996 as The Ultimate Resource 2.

Psychological projection is a theory in psychology in which humans defend themselves against their own unconscious impulses or qualities (both positive and negative) by denying their existence in themselves while attributing them to others.

For example, a person who is habitually rude may constantly accuse other people of being rude.

It incorporates blame shifting.