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I have no respect for people who resort to physical violence in a romantic relationship as a way of dealing with problems; and while it may not have come to blows, I think he has no respect for her as a person if he's placing his hands over her mouth or round her neck, and that lack of respect in a relationship is in my opinion why domestic violence occurs. If he truly respected her as a person and as his partner, he wouldn't have placed his hands on her in that way, in my opinion.