Dating Violence is much more common than people realize.
Loveisrespect.org tells us that nearly 1.5 million high school students nationwide experience physical abuse from a dating partner in a single year and that one in three girls in the US is a victim of physical, emotional, or verbal abuse from a dating partner. This figure far exceeds rates of other types of youth violence.
One in ten high school students has been purposefully hit, slapped, or physically hurt by a boyfriend or girlfriend.
Though these numbers are high, only 33% of teens who were in abusive relationships ever told anyone about the abuse.