More than 1 in 10 teens experience physical violence in their
dating relationships. Many more experience emotional or
psychological abuse from their dates or partners. Violence is
pushing, smacking, punching, pinching, biting, restraining,
forcing you into sex, bullying, name calling and put-downs,
jealousy, grabbing or anything else that hurts you or makes you
feel uncomfortable. People who abuse usually come from violent
homes, blame others for making them angry, don’t know other ways
of handling their feelings. People who are abused make excuses
for their partner’s or date’s behavior, think any partner is
better than being alone, accept the blame even if it’s not their
fault, believe that if they love the abuser enough, they’ll
change. you are scared when you are with your partner your
partner controls you by being bossy, giving orders, making all
the decisions and not respecting your opinions, being jealous of
who you talk to you are worried about how your partner will
react to the things you say or do yo