DATING VIOLENCE

Dating Violence

Table of Contents

Introduction3

Discussion3

Forms of dating violence5

Psychological5

Emotional5

Physical6

Economic6

Sexual6

Causes and consequences6

Prevalence7

Caution and Prevention7

Conclusion8

Dating Violence

Introduction

Unfortunately, violence is a phenomenon that is growing daily around us. Our relations are not free from this evil, and dating is no exception. About one in three high school students have been or will be involved in an abusive relationship. Forty percent of teenage girls (14 to 17 years old) say they know someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend.

Dating violence most often takes place in the home of one of the partners. One in five of dating couples report some type of violence in their relationship. One of five college females will experience some form of dating violence. A survey of 500 young women (ages 15 to 24) found that 60 percent were currently involved in an ongoing abusive relationship, and all participants had experienced violence in a dating relationship. One study found that 38 percent of date rape victims were young women from 14 to 17 years of age. A survey of adolescent and college students revealed that date rape accounted for 67 percent of sexual assaults. In this paper, we will discuss about dating violence, its forms, causes, consequences and causations to prevent this social problem.

Discussion

Violence in dating refers to any act or omission that harms both physically, emotionally and sexually, in order to dominate and maintain control over another person (Sandra and Lucia, 1996). To do this, you can use different strategies ranging from the attack on their self-esteem, abuse, blackmail, subtle and handling shocks. Initially uncomfortable comment, a drawing or a slap may seem like part of the game between the two, but then you can take dimensions so large that it is even hospitalization or death. Initially, the couple did not realize the situation they are living because there are factors around them that prevent them from seeing the direction they are taking the relationship. Being in love does not allow them to think objectively, so they do not realize they are exercising violence on their partner or are victims of this (Silverman, 2001). When, we fall idealize our partner and believe we can overcome this "slump", tolerate and even forgive "outbursts," because after all we think that if we try and try in some way is love. However, it is necessary to note that the couple should not confuse abuse and insult with love and concern for the couple.

The mistreatment of the couple can occur at any time from the first date together or even after several years of relationship, but their difference to other types of violence is the process of socialization and acquisition of gender roles in adolescents, they determine the domain as male behavior and female submission and, coupled with the idealization of "romantic love" that anything can be overcome and all-forgiving, as well as informal and ephemeral nature of the relationship(Bennett, Larry and Susan, 1998). And while such behavior patterns are similar to those identified in formal partners, it ...