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Teen Dating Violence
Violence Profile
Are you going out with someone who:
- Abuses alcohol or other drugs and pressures you to take them?
- Has a history of failed relationships? and blames the other person for all the problems?
- Is jealous and possessive, won't let you have friends, checks up on you, won't accept breaking up?
- Is violent? Has a history of fighting, loses temper quickly, brags about mistreating others? Grabs, pushes, shoves, or hits you?
- Makes your family and friends uneasy and concerned for your safety?
- Pressures you for sex or is forceful or scary about sex? Gets too serious about the relationship too fast?
- Puts you down in front of friends, tells you that you would be nothing without him or her?
- Scares you? Makes you worry about reactions to things you say or do? Threatens you? Uses or owns weapons?
- Tries to control you by being bossy, giving orders, making all the decisions, not taking your opinions seriously?
What You Can Do
- Ask your school library to purchase books about living without violence and the cycle of domestic violence.
- Create bulletin boards in the school cafeteria or classroom to raise awareness.
- Perform a play about teen dating violence
- Start a peer education program on teen dating violence.