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Unhealthy Relationships

Unhealthy Relationships. Vocabulary. Dating Violence: A pattern of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse that occurs in a dating relationship. Physical Abuse: Intentionally causing physical harm to another person. Emotional Abuse: The nonphysical mistreatment of a person.

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Unhealthy Relationships

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  1. Unhealthy Relationships

  2. Vocabulary • Dating Violence: A pattern of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse that occurs in a dating relationship. • Physical Abuse: Intentionally causing physical harm to another person. • Emotional Abuse: The nonphysical mistreatment of a person. • Sexual Abuse: Forcing a person to engage in any unwanted sexual behavior. Includes rape and any use of a child by an adult for sexual purposes. • Rape: A type of assault in which one person forces another to have sexual relations.

  3. Vocabulary • Date Rape: A rape that occurs during a date. • Statutory Rape: Having sex with someone who is under the age of consent. • Incest: Sex between people who are too closely related to marry legally. • Pedophilia: A mental disorder in which a person has a sexual attraction to children. • Sexual Harassment: Any uninvited and unwelcome sexual remark or sexual advance.

  4. The Cycle of Violence • Tension Building Stage: Victim tries to please the abuser or reason with the abuser to prevent violence. • Violent Episode: The tension is then broken by a violent episode • Calm or “honeymoon stage”: The abuser may apologize and promise to never abuse again.

  5. Warning Signs of Abuse • Your date is jealous when you talk to others • Your date makes all the decisions and tries to control what you do • Your date has a history of bad relationships • You feel isolated from your friends and family • You feel less self-confident when you are with your date • You change how you behave to avoid an argument

  6. Why Do They Stay? • They view the possessiveness or jealousy as romantic • They think the behavior is normal because friends are in a similar relationship • Females feel it is a sign of masculinity • Males may be ashamed to admit they are being abused • The teen feels that they deserved to be abused • They may fear being alone

  7. Ending the Abuse • First admit that the abuse exists • Realize that you are not to blame and you cannot change your abuser’s behavior • Seek support from family and friends • Call an abuse hotline if you want to talk anonymously • Talk to a counselor, teacher, doctor or social worker

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