She has said that her stepfather was "verbally abusive" and demeaning. Aguilera alleged that her father was physically and emotionally abusive. He was charged with using abusive and insulting words. She is portrayed as haughty, abusive, and sadistically cruel. He is violent and abusive towards Patty. In the second, he accused his father of being "abusive" and violent. He was aggressive, abusive and unfaithful. Prostitution may sometimes be associated with illegal, abusive, and dangerous activities. Tone allegedly began drinking and became physically abusive. There are reports of Garcia being verbally abusive. Bennett Roof was allegedly verbally and physically abusive toward Mann. Her father was very abusive to her mother. Blanche is bewildered that Stella would go back to her abusive husband after such violence. Again autobiographical, Darnielle tackled the subject of his early childhood spent with an abusive stepfather. A conditioning process begins with alternation of loving followed by abusive behavior.