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Women's Safety: Dating
Violence
Early
Warning Signs
As a partner in a dating relationship, you may
be in danger if the person you are dating...
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Acts jealous and possessive
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Won't let you have friends, or discourages
you in any way from having friends
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Checks up on you
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Refuses to accept breaking up
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Bosses you around
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Insists on making all the decisions, without
asking you for your input
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Belittles you and your opinions
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Frightens or threatens you in any way
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Owns, uses, or talks a lot about weapons
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Acts violently, getting into fights or getting
angry quickly
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Pushes, grabs, pinches or hits you
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Pressures you for sex or gets serious about
your relationship too fast
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Uses alcohol and other drugs and pressures
you to do the same
You may be a victim of domestic violence
even if.........
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you are not legally married to your partner
you are in a gay or lesbian relationship
you have formally or legally ended your
relationship but your ex-partner continues to behave in an
abusive manner toward you
you are not living with your partner
- your partner abuses someone else in your
household, such as a parent, child or pet
Sources:
American
District Telegraph: Avoiding Teen Dating Violence Security
Tips <http://www.adt.com/divisions/residential
/security_tips/avoiding_teen_dating_violence.cfm>
Information
Guide For Abused Women in Maine. Lisa Pohlmann, Skeek Frazww,
Merril Cousin. 5th edition. 1997. Page 5.
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