“Domestic violence does not only happen to adults. Forty percent of girls age 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend, and approximately one in five female high school students reports being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner.”
– Dianne Feinstein--
– Dianne Feinstein--
One in four teens said they have been exposed to verbal, physical or sexual assault each year.
95% of the time, it is the boyfriend that abuses the girlfriend.
80% of girls who have been physically abused in their intimate relationships continue to see their abuser.
50% of you reporting both dating violence and rape also reported attempting suicide.
One in three women who are killed in the US are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends.
25% of female homicide victims are between the ages of 14-24 years.
A rape occurs every 2 minutes in the United States and 44% of victims are under the age of eighteen!
And after working with teens I know that the culture in which they live deceives them by saying it's okay to be mistreated by a boyfriend. It is so sad and scary.
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