Dating violence is a pattern of behavior where one person threatens or actually use
Physical, sexual, emotional, or verbal abuse to control his or her dating partner.
Examples of physical abuse are
Hitting, shoving, kicking
Examples of sexual abuse are
touches you when you don't want them to, forces you to watch dirty things,
intercourse, fondling, exhibitionism, voyeurism, exploitation, prostitution & exposure to body parts.
Examples of verbal and emotional abuse
Insults, belittling, name calling, blaming, humiliation & false accusations.
Abuse is a
The deliberate infliction of harm or the threat of harm to a vulnerable person
Abusers in teen dating relationships, use behaviors of
Fear and intimidation
The only person that can choose to stop the violence is the
Abused.
Signs of an abused teen
Do poorly in school, have low self-esteem, may cry frequently, & may have trouble learning.
Abused teens even contemplate or attempt
Suicide
1 in 11 teens report being victims
Physical dating violence each year.