Anna Reyes, a New York-based licensed clinical social worker, wants women to remember: psychological harm is not an act of love. In Latine communities, for instance, it is often taught that jealousy, isolation, and control are signs of a loving partner. But Reyes notes that these harmful behaviors could actually be evidence of abuse. She says that any type of abuse, whether it be emotional, physical, financial, or sexual, is defined by one partner exerting control over the other. Actions such as name-calling, insulting, humiliating, and constant criticism are ways by which one partner makes the other feel small, worthless, and powerless, which opens the door for the perpetrator to exert control.