Married couple Niles and Millie each occasionally become physically aggressive toward each other. Though both believe that they could leave the relationship, they remain married. What does this couple's relationship illustrate?

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The couple's occasional physical aggression towards each other indicates partner violence, which refers to any form of violence between intimate partners. While options A and B describe specific types of partner violence with a power imbalance (battered wife syndrome and patriarchal terrorism), there is not enough information to determine if that is the case in this scenario. Option C (matriarchal terrorism) is not commonly used in the field of domestic violence and does not apply to this scenario.

Married Couple Niles and Millie Each Occasionally Become Physically Aggressive