Injuring animals as a threat of what can be done to you
Behaving in a threatening or intimidating way toward you
Forcing you into sexual activity
Using or showing you a weapon (knife, gun, other)
Hurting your friends or family members
Teen Dating Abuse Information
Does your boyfriend/girlfriend...
Have a history of bad relationships or past violence; always blames his/her
problems on other people; or blames you for "making" him/her
treat you badly?
Try to use drugs or alcohol to coerce you or get you alone when you don't
want to be?
Try to control you by being bossy, not taking your opinion seriously or
making all of the decisions about who you see, what you wear, what you do, etc.?
Talk negatively about people in sexual ways or talk about sex like it's
a game or contest?
Do you...
Feel less confident about yourself when you're with him/her?
Feel scared or worried about doing or saying "the wrong thing?"
Find yourself changing your behavior out of fear or to avoid a fight?