warning signs

           Warning Signs!

•    Extreme jealousy
•    Controlling behavior
•    Quick involvement
•    Unpredictable mood swings
•    Alcohol and drug use
•    Explosive anger
•    Isolates you from friends and family
•    Uses force during an argument
•    Shows hypersensitivity
•    Believes in rigid sex roles
•    Blames others for their problems or feelings
•    Verbally abusive
•    Abused former partners
•    Threatens violence
                                                   •    Hurts animals or children


Can’t Deny It: Facts

Statistics show that one in three teenagers have experienced violence in a dating relationship. Look around. Yes, you know someone who is not in a healthy relationship. Make It Stop!

Women ages 16 to 24 experience the highest per capita rates of intimate violence--nearly 20 per 1000 women.
(Bureau of Justice Special Report: Intimate Partner Violence, May 2000)

About one in three high school students have been or will be involved in an abusive relationship.

A survey of adolescent and college students revealed that date rape accounted for 67 percent of sexual assaults.