02/22/2022
11 FACTS ABOUT TEEN DATING VIOLENCE
1. Roughly 1.5 million high school boys and girls in the U.S. admit to being intentionally hit or physically harmed in the last year by someone they are romantically involved with.
2. Teens who suffer dating abuse are subject to long-term consequences like alcoholism, eating disorders, promiscuity, thoughts of su***de, and violent behavior.
3. 1 in 3 young people will be in an abusive or unhealthy relationship.
4. 33% of adolescents in America are victim to s*xual, physical, verbal, or emotional dating abuse.
5. In the U.S., 25% of high school girls have been abused physically or s*xually. Teen girls who are abused this way are 6 times more likely to become pregnant or contract a s*xually transmitted infection (STI).
6. Females between the ages of 16 and 24 are roughly 3 times more likely than the rest of the population to be abused by an intimate partner.
7. 8 States in the U.S. do not consider a violent dating relationship domestic abuse. Therefore, adolescents, teens, and 20-somethings are unable to apply for a restraining order for protection from the abuser.
8. Violent behavior often begins between 6th and 12th grade. 72% of 13 and 14-year-olds are “dating.”
9. 50% of young people who experience r**e or physical or s*xual abuse will attempt to commit su***de.
10. Only 1/3 of the teens who were involved in an abusive relationship confided in someone about the violence.
11. Teens who have been abused hesitate to seek help because they do not want to expose themselves or are unaware of the laws surrounding domestic violence.
