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W h a t i s i t ?
Dating violence is controlling, abusive, and aggressive behavior in a
romantic relationship. It can happen in straight or gay relationships. It
can include verbal, emotional, physical, or sexual abuse or a combination.
Co n t r o l l i n g b e h a v i o r m a y
i nc l ude :
Not letting you hand out with
your friends
Calling or paging you
frequently to find out where
you are, whom you are with,
and what you are doing
Telling you what to wear
having to be with you all thetime
V er ba l & E m o t i ona l abuse m ay i nc l ude :
Calling you names
Jealousy
Belittling you (cutting you down)
Threatening to hurt you, someone in your
family, or himself or herself if you don't do
what he or she wants
P hys i ca l A buse m ay i nc l ude :
Shoving
Punching
Slapping
Pinching
Hitting
Kicking
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Hair Pulling
Strangling
Sexua l A buse m ay i nc l ude :
Unwanted touching and kissing
Forcing you to have sex
Not letting you use birth control
Forcing you to do other sexual things
Anyone can be a victim of dating violence. Both boys and girls are
victims, but boys and girls abuse their partners in differnt ways. Girls are
more likely to yell, threaten to hurt themselves, pinch, slap, scratch or
kick. Boys injure girls more and are more likely to punch their partner
and force them to participate in unwanted sexual activity. Some teen
victims experience violence occasionally. Others are abused more often,
sometimes daily.
You ' re No t A lone - The
Sta t is t ics
Approximately 1 in 5 female
high school students report
being physically and/or
sexually abused by a dating
partner.
Among female victims of
intimate partner violence, a
current or former boyfriend or
girlfriend victimized 94% of
those between the ages of
16-19.
Between 1993-1999, 22% ofall homicides against females
ages 16-19 were committed
by an intimate partner.
Nearly one-half of adult sex offenders report committing their first sexual
offenses prior to the age of 18.
58% of rape victims report being raped between the ages of 12-24.
Half of the reported date rapes occur among teenagers.
Only 33% of teens who were in an abusive relationship ever told anyone
about the abuse.
Among 13-18 year old teens who have been in a relationship, 15% said
they've had a partner hit, slap or push them. 4% of teens agreed that it's
okay for someone to hit their partner if they really did something wrong
or embarrassing. More Hispanic teens (13%) reported that hitting apartner was permissible.
30% of 13-18 year old teens reported worrying about their personal
physical safety in a relationship.
Intimate partner violence among adolescents is associated with increased
risk of substance use, unhealthy weight control behaviors, sexual risk
behaviors, pregnancy and suicide.
Paren ta l Aw areness
81% of parents surveyed either believe teen dating violence is not an
issue or admit the don't know if it's an issue.
A majority of parents (54%) admit they have not spoken to their childabout dating violence.
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Nearly 25% of 14-17 year-olds surveyed know at least one student who
was a victim of dating violence, while 11% know multiple victims of
dating violence. 33% of teens have actually witnessed such an event.
20% of surveyed male students report witnessing someone they go to
high school with physically hit a person they were dating.
39% of female high school students report that students talk in school
about whether someone is attempting to control the person they are
dating.
57% of teens know someone who has been physically, sexually, orverbally abusive in a dating relationship.
45% of girls know a friend or peer who has been pressured into either
intercourse or oral sex.
One in three teens reports knowing a friend or peer who has been hit,
punched, kicked, slapped or physically hurt by their dating partner.
In 9 out of 10 rapes in which the offender is under 18, so is the victim.
I n c i d en t Re p o r t i n g
When female high school students were asked whom they would talk to if
someone they date is attempting to control them, insults them, or
physically harms them, 86% said they would confide in a friend, whileonly 7% said they would talk to police.
83% of 10th graders surveyed at the 4th Annual Teen Dating Abuse
Summit, reported that they would sooner turn to a friend for help with
dating abuse than to a teacher, counselor, parent or other caring adult.
Only 33% of teens who were in an abusive relationship ever told anyone
about the abuse.
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