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"facebook dialogPinterest\n\nHe flattered me, called me beautiful, carried my books--I totally fell for him,\" recalls nineteen-year-old Audra* from Richmond, Virginia, of her first boyfriend, whom she started dating during her sophomore year of high school. But as their relationship progressed, Audra says his behavior quickly changed. \"At first he would text me with 'Good morning, beautiful. I can't wait to see you.' After a month, it was, 'Why the hell aren't you here yet?'\"\n\nAudra's story isn't rare. A recent survey from the National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline found that nearly half the female teen respondents said they had been victims of verbal, physical, or sexual abuse by their boyfriends, and a 2001 U.S. Department of Justice report found that women ages 16 to 24 were more vulnerable to nonfatal partner violence than any other age-group.\n\nServing as a recent reminder that fame doesn't discriminate, singer Chris Brown was recently charged with assault and making criminal threats against his girlfriend, music sensation Rihanna. According to the police report, Brown repeatedly punched Rihanna and threatened to kill her after they argued about text messages from another woman on his phone."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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