While National Teen Dating Violence and Prevention Month has ended, the continued prevalence of teens experiencing abuse with their relationships clearly demonstrates that there remains an ongoing need for continued education and resources.
The Facts: Teen Dating Violence
- Teen dating violence includes physical, sexual, and emotional abuse;
- Studies find that girls as young as 11 years old report being victimized by a potential partner;
- One study finds: 96% of teenagers have been emotionally or psychologically abused by a partner;
- 33% of teens report that they have been physically assaulted by a partner;
- 1 in 11 high school teens report having been forced to have sexual intercourse SafeYouth.org;
- 25% of teen respondents say that they have been called harassed, controlled, threatened, called names or put down by their partner through texting or cellular phone;
- One in four tweens (24%) say dating violence-physically hurting relationship partners-is a serious problem for their age (Liz Clairborne, Inc/Teen Research Unlimited, 2007).
Young girls in particular, are reporting increased levels of abuse within their relationships. Sadly,
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