

According to a 2007 Center of Disease Control and Prevention survey of 15,000 teens cited in the article, 10 percent of respondents reported physical abuse “like being hit or slapped by a romantic partner.
If so, they may be signs of an abusive relationship.
Isolation/Exclusion: "Why do you want to hang out with them?
Teen Power and Control Wheel" The Teen Power & Control Wheel is a helpful tool if you are unsure whether or not your relationship is unsafe.
Check out the list below and see if your partner has ever said any of these things to you.
In addition, if a girl has consumed alcohol or drugs and is not in any condition to give her consent, but the boy still proceeds to engage in any type of sexual activity with her, this also constitutes sexual abuse.
Physical abuse in the context of dating relationships includes punching, biting, slapping, stabbing, and any other method that one person can use to physically harm another with or without the aid of a weapon.
Sexual and Physical Abuse Bear in mind that the umbrella term "sexual abuse" certainly includes rape, but it also includes unwanted sexual activity of any kind.
This means that if a boy kisses, touches, or does anything sexual to a girl who has not clearly consented to that activity, he has sexually assaulted her.
A survey of adolescent and college students revealed that date rape accounted for 67% of sexual assaults and 60% of rapes take place in the victim's home or in that of a friend or relative.
Dating violence seems to decrease once young adults move beyond being a teenager.