Types of Abusive Men
- The Demand Man - highly entitled
- Mr. Right - the ultimate authority
- The Water Torturer - subtle and calm
- The Drill Sergeant - extremely controlling
- Mr. Sensitive - soft spoken, gentle, supportive - when not abusing
- The Player - good looking and sexy, roving eye, infidelity
- Rambo - aggressive with everyone
- The Victim - she abused me, feel sorry for me
- The Terrorist - highly controlling and demanding, frequently threatens death without
actions
- The Mentally ill or Addicted Abuser - combined with any of the above can increase the
severity of the abuse and increase his resistance to change.
Source: Lundy Bancroft's list of types of abusive men.