What is Teen Dating Violence?
Dating violence (or relationship abuse) is a pattern of violent behavior that someone uses against a girlfriend or boyfriend. It can occur in both casual dating situations and serious, long-tem relationships, homosexual and heterosexual relationships. Dating violence can take many forms. Abuse isn’t just hitting. It can include: yelling, threatening, name calling, saying “I’ll kill you or myself if you leave me,” obsessive phone calling, texting, or paging, and extreme possessiveness. You may experience dating violence even if you are not being physically abused.