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Abusive Teen Relationships. By Dominique DiVece. Statistics. One in three high school students have or will be involved in an abusive relationship.
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Abusive Teen Relationships By Dominique DiVece
Statistics • One in three high school students have or will be involved in an abusive relationship. • A survey of 500 young women, ages 15 to 24, found that 60 percent were currently involved in an ongoing abusive relationship and all participants had experienced violence in a dating relationship. • One in three teens reports knowing a friend or peer who has been hit, punched, kicked, slapped or physically hurt by a partner, and 45 percent of girls know a friend or peer who has been pressured into having either intercourse or oral sex. • Nearly one in three sexually active adolescent girls in ninth to twelfth grade (31.5 percent) report ever experiencing physical or sexual violence from dating partners.
Sign of an abusive relationship • harms you physically in any way, including slapping, pushing, grabbing, shaking, smacking, kicking, and punching • tries to control different aspects of your life, such as how you dress, who you hang out with, and what you say • frequently humiliates you or making you feel unworthy (for example, if a partner puts you down but tells you that he or she loves you) • coerces or threatens to harm you, or self-harm, if you leave the relationship
…. continued • twists the truth to make you feel you are to blame for your partner's actions • demands to know where you are at all times • constantly becomes jealous or angry when you want to spend time with your friends
Signs a Friend is being Abused • unexplained bruises, broken bones, sprains, or marks • excessive guilt or shame for no apparent reason • secrecy or withdrawal from friends and family • avoidance of school or social events with excuses that don't seem to make any sense
How to help your self • Once you recognize that you are in an abusive relationship understand that you deserve better. • Tell a trusted adult if you were physically attacked • Try not to isolate yourself from the people that care about you even though you may be embarrassed this is the time you need them the most. • Don’t rely on just yourself to get out of the situation let your friends and family help you break away
Where to get help??? • Stopping teen dating violence is a community effort many people are willing to get involved • Phonebook has teen abuse hotlines, crisis center and teen help lines. These people are professionally trained to listen, understand and help!