Teen Dating Violence
Author: Navneet Brar
Dating among the teens from its cover looks like a different world where violence ceases to exist. But shockingly, one in every five teens is experiencing either physical or sexual abuse from their dating partners who try to control and overpower them. According to statistics one in every 11 adolescent experiences the abusive blues. And by the time they reach high school, the figure shot up to 54 %. Violence in teen dating begins with the teenager trying to control the behavior of the other teenager. In order to overpower their counterparts a teenager may resort to physical violence, calling names, sexual abuse, harassing, trying to gain control over your personal life etc. These were some of the very common ways how teenagers resort to violence.
In the year 2006, about 134 murders were the result on intimate partners killing their other half. However, it has been believed that reduce teen violence can result in the reduction of domestic violence. Most teenagers, despite knowing the fact that, they are in an abusive relationship does not wish to leave the relationship. One reason is because dating creates a status symbol and secondly, they feel secured. According to a recent study, about 35% of teenager girls will experience teen dating violence. On the occasion of the domestic violence awareness, a conference was held in which the proceedings of domestic violence were discussed. The month of October has been observed as the domestic awareness violence month.
Teenagers are often forced to sex, drugs and other abuses. In the midst, they fail to understanding what is going on and being young they do not know how to react to it. They tend to misinterpret the abuses for love. And by the time they realize the fact, it is either too late to move out of the relationship or they are left totally devastated without any hopes. Teen dating violence can have a lasting effect throughout the life of the victim even when she becomes an adult. So far violence in teen dating has been warded off by most of us but it is high time that we must talk about it spread awareness among the teenagers about it.
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