SPEAK OUT AGAINST

TEEN DATING VIOLENCE

Dating violence can have serious consequences, the immediate impact might be humiliation and/or
physical pain, young people who experience abuse are more likely to be in physical fights, they might
exhibit higher rates of drug and alcohol abuse as well as high-risk sexual behaviors.

FACTS 25%
DATING TEENS REPORT
THEY’VE BEEN
1 IN 6 YOUTHS
DIGITALLY VICTIMIZED REPORT BEING
1.5 MILLION
BY THEIR PARTNERS. THE VICTIM OF
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY EXPERIENCE
PHYSICAL ABUSE FROM A DATING PARTNER.
9% CYBER BULLYING
Negatively impact your physical and
mental health, It can make you feel
SEEK HELP MARELY
FROM THEIR insecure or bad about yourself, leave
you feeling drained and unhappy,
98.7% 3 4 PARENTS/GUARDIANS.
place pressure on you to change
96%
OUT OF
something about yourself or may
TEENS [AGES 11-12 TO 18] TEENS ACCESS THE INTERNET
even be physically and emotionally
HAVE CELL PHONES USING MOBILE DEVICES EXPERIENCE OTHER
FORMS OF
HOW TO KNOW THE SIGNS?
harmful.
VIOLENCE/ABUSE
FROM PARTNERS
VICTIMS OF CYBER
BULLYING ARE

3x MORE LIKELY
TO ALSO EXPERIENCE DIGITAL
DATING ABUSE OR
HARASSMENT.
WHAT DIGITAL ABUSE LOOKSLIKE

TELLS YOU WHO YOU CAN OR SENDS YOU EXPLICIT

CAN’T BE FRIENDS WITH SENDS YONEGATIVE/INSULTING OR PHOTO/VIDEOS AND
THREATENING EMAILS DEMANDS YOU TO SEND
SOME IN RETURN

PUTS YOU DOWN IN THEIR INSISTS TO KNOW YOUR

STATUS UPDATES PASSWORD AND SCANNED YOUR
PHONE
CONSTANTLY TEXT YOU
NON-STOP