when one person uses physical or emotional or
sexual abuse to gain power and keep control
over the other person.
relationship.
* In abusive relationships between boyfriends and girlfriends, 95% of the
time it's a boyfriend abusing a girlfriend
* It's not easy to leave an abusive relationship at any age. It is even
harder for teens to leave abusive relationships because of fewer
resources and uninformed adults who think it's "just two kids fighting"
* Abuse happens in all different kinds of relationships, including same sex
relationships.
* Teen dating violence can happen to anyone no matter what their race
or where they live.
