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Teenage Dating Violence

Victoria Nichols

Kaplan University

12-6-2013

CM220-23

Unit 8 Project Draft

Mrs. Turecek

Teenage Dating Violence

Teenage dating violence is a big problem, affecting youth in every community across the nation. There are three types of violent behaviors that occur during a relationship such as emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. Females of all ages experience dating violence or some type of dating violence. Women that are being abused have very poor mental health, physical health, and more injuries than non-abused women (PATH, 2002). According to Henry and Zeytinoglu (2012), “Children who are raised in these households experience violence, as an acceptable norm and also see aggressive behavior normalized in their neighborhoods and in negative relationship images in popular media” (p.21). Teen dating violence is just as serious as adult domestic violence. Teen girls say they have been physically or sexually abused by their dating partner (Henry and Zeytinoglu, 2012). A teenage female thinks being jealous or possessive is love/romance in a relationship when it is not (Domestic Violence Action Center, 2012). In adult domestic violence, women are more often abused. Girls and young women between the ages of 16 through 24 have the highest rates of domestic violence (Henry and Zeytinoglu, 2012). In teen relationship abuse, both boys and girls report abuse equally. Boys tend to start the violence more often and use greater force. Teen dating violence can affect a teen’s health in so many negative ways because some girls do not seek medical care. Victims of teen dating violence should undergo counseling and training to improve self-esteem and alleviate depression, which will help the victim avoid domestic violence in the future.

Teen dating violence can affect a female’s health in so many ways. Some young women barely go seek medical care but, it is very important that they need to because their health could get worse. Even if a young...