You need to tell a parent, teacher, or counciler. You can call the police or the national sexual assualt hotline, wich is 1.800.656.4673. I know it will probably be hard, but its worth it. I've been through it. =)
There are four main types of abuse: Neglect - "I come home to an empty house every day, there's nothing in the fridge. No one notices if I go to school or not." This is the most common form of abuse....
I think they are both similar , domestic abuse I guess can be same as emotional abuse, either been hit , verbally abused by some one is abuse.
If you seek help then I advise you to go and see...
Not necessarily but there is a good chance that the son of a wife beater will grow up and beat HIS wife and the daughter will grow up and seek a simila man to her father and allow her husband to beat...