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1 in 3young people will

experience dating abuse

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1 in 10high school students has been

purposefully hit, slapped or physicallyhurt by a boyfriend or girlfriend

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17%of LGB youth report experiencing

physical dating violence

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23%of LGB youth report experiencing

sexual dating violence

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Abuse Poll. Retrieved from https://www.breakthecycle.org/surveys.

43%of college women report

experiencing either abuse orcontrolling behaviors in a dating

relationship

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28%of college men report experiencing

either abuse or controllingbehaviors in a dating relationship

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Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

Over 1/2of women and men who have been

physically or sexually abused or stalkedby a dating partner, first experienced

abuse between the ages of 11-24

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89%of college students report that they arenot confident in their ability to recognize

warning signs of dating abuse

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70%of college students that reported they had

experienced abuse or controlling behaviors alsosaid they did not know they were in an abusive

relationship at the time

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16%of transgender individuals reported experiencingcontrolling behaviors from a partner, in a study of

150,000 students at 27 universities

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57%of teens and young people waited 6+ months

before getting help, according to Mary Kay's 2014Truth About Abuse Survey