What Does Dating Violence Look Like?
Teens and young adults experience the same types of abuse in relationships as adults. This can include:
- Physical Abuse: Any
intentional use of physical force with the intent to cause fear or
injury, like hitting, shoving, biting, strangling, kicking or using a
weapon.
- Verbal or Emotional Abuse: Non-physical behaviors such as threats, insults, constant monitoring, humiliation, intimidation, isolation or stalking.
- Sexual Abuse: Any
action that impacts a person’s ability to control their sexual activity
or the circumstances in which sexual activity occurs, including rape,
coercion or restricting access to birth control.
- Digital Abuse: Use
of technologies and/or social media networking to intimidate, harass or
threaten a current or ex-dating partner. This could include demanding
passwords, checking cell phones, cyber bullying, sexting, excessive or
threatening texts or stalking on Facebook or other social media.
Dating Violence 101
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