Tweens And Teens Victims Of Dating Abuse
Posted by: Catherine Strawn
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10:00AM, Wednesday July 23rd 2008
The sad, sad results of a national survey showed that about 3 percent of girls between 12 and 17 said they had been the victim of dating violence, which includes physical abuse, sexual assault, and being threatened with a weapon. In the same age group, 0.6 percent of boys said they’d been a victim.
According to the findings, certain factors, such as a history of stressful or traumatic events, seemed to put teens at great risk for dating violence, and older teenage girls were at greater risk than boys or younger girls. The last bit is interesting because it seems that as we get older, we should understand more about what is okay for people to do to us, and what crosses the line, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. Either that, or the guys get more aggressive around that age, too. [Reuters]
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wrote on July 23 2008 @ 10:43 am: [report]
“The last bit is interesting because it seems that as we get older, we should understand more about what is okay for people to do to us, and what crosses the line, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.”
Even if you understand it’s wrong, you can still be a victim of it. You’re still a victim if it happens once, and you call the cops, file a restraining order, etc.
Catherine
wrote on July 23 2008 @ 01:56 pm: [report]
Very true. I meant that I was surprised that the older teens were victims more often than the younger tweens and teens.