Love Shouldn't Hurt...an essay about how more education is needed to stop teen dating violence.

Why is it that more teenage girls have become involved in physically and emotionally abusive relationships? Perhaps it is the lack of education girls are given about dating violence. In the last five years the increase in dating violence has gone up rapidly. One out of three girls will have experienced some sort of abusive relationship by the time she is 18. That means approximately more than eight million teen girls will have gone through physical, …

…girls are educated about dating abuse, we can stop this cycle of abuse in teen relationships. Girls should be taught to feel confident and good about themselves, and how to define what they want for themselves in future relationships. And they need to know that they can speak in a way that others will hear and define their rights in a relationship with a guy that deserves them. The abuse stops when the education begins.