"I remember he got on top of me and he was slapping me back and forth," Tina said. "And he said, 'next time you walk by me, acknowledge me. Say that you love me."
- Tina; eighteen years old
When you read this quote do you feel fear, discomfort, or a knot in your stomach? You have to wonder how Tina felt. She was only eighteen and had been tormented mentally and physically, but she still stayed in the relationship. Could you image a seventeen year old male beating and treating a female this way? This quote exposes everything that goes on behind doors when dealing with abuse. Tina describes one of her many experiences with a boyfriend who battered her continuously. She remembers it like a movie playing back and forth; he would say he loved her one minute but would hit her within an hour. He would abuse her mentally and physically over and over, but she stayed with him and loved him because believed that was a normal relationship for her. This quote was found in "Alarming Increase in Violence among Teenage Couples as Technology Makes Abuse Easier than Ever" on CBS News.com. There are many written interviews of teens in abusive relationships and how it affected them in this article.
http://Couric, Katie. "30% of Teens Report Abuse in Relation
ships." CBS News. N.p., 3 Dec. 2009. Web. 27
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