FVP-Dating Violence

Between 12% and 35% of teens have experienced some form of violence in a dating relationship from pushing and shoving to hitting.

18% of girls and 7% of guys report being physically abused by someone they are dating.

40% of girls ages 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age that has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend.

Approximately one in five female high school students report being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner?

During the 1996-1997 school year, there were an estimated 4,000 incidents of rape or other types of sexual assault in public schools across the country.

25% of women will be abused in their lifetime. To bring this statistic to life, imagine four women you care about in your life. Now imagine one of those four being abused.

Does one person in the relationship insult his/her significant other in public? Do they act really jealous if his/her boy/girlfriend talks to other people? Check in on the other constantly? Try to decide what the other should do? Have they blown disagreements out of proportion? Threaten to break up, or constantly worry/accuse that the other will break up with them? Lose his/her temper verbally? Break or hit things to intimidate the other? Blame the other for their own problems? Abuse drugs and/or alcohol? Then this is an abuser.

Does the other person in the relationship constantly cancel plans for reasons that just don't sound true? Do they always worry about upsetting or angering their boy/girl friend? Have they given up things that are important to them, such as favorite hobbies? Are they showing bruises or cuts or other signs of physical abuse? Have they become isolated from friends and/or family? Are they pressured into sexual acts, or feel like a sex object? Does their boy/girl friend want them to be available all the time? Then this is a victim.