February is Teen Dating Awareness month!
On Tuesday, February 10 wear something orange to show your support for healthy relationships
On Tuesday, February 10 wear something orange to show your support for healthy relationships
February is Teen Dating Awareness month!
On Tuesday, February 10 wear something orange to show your support for healthy relationships
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What is Teen Dating Violence?
Who does it affect?
What types of behavior constitute as teen dating violence?
-Telling you what to wear -Calling or texting you frequently to find out what you are doing, where you are, who you are with -Having to be with you all the time
-Belittling you -Threatening to hurt you or someone you know -Jealousy
-Slapping -Kicking -Shoving -Pinching -Hair pulling -Strangling
-Forced sex -Not letting you use birth control -Forcing other sexual things (The National Center for Victims of Crime, 2012) How is Teen Dating Violence different from Adult Intimate Partner Violence?
List adapted from (A Safe Place, n.d.) and (MCADSV, n.d.) Teen dating violence may also be described as:
(CDC, 2014) References A Safe Place (n.d.) About teen dating violence. Retrieved from http://www.asafeplacenh.org/teen_dating.html Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2014). Teen dating violence. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/intimatepartnerviolence/teen_dating_violence.html Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence (MCADSV) (n.d.). What is teen dating violence (TDV)? Retrieved from http://www.mocadsv.org/What%20is%20Teen%20Dating%20Violence%20TDV.aspx The National Center for Victims of Crime (2012). Bulletins for teens: Dating violence. Retrieved from http://www.victimsofcrime.org/help-for-crime-victims/get-help-bulletins-for-crime-victims/bulletins-for-teens/dating-violence |