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More local and communits agencies can help develop more awareness programs for victims.There are many online organizations that teens and adults can look up information on abuse and on helping victims such as; The Safe Place, Love Is Not Abuse , and Love Is Respect . However, there are local organizations that tend to victims of abuse. "SCCADVASA helps shows issues, of policy and legislation regarding Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse." According to (Love Shouldn't Hurt), SCCADVASA is local organization that help adults and teens in domestic violence relationships who have been sexually abuse. The SCCADVASA stands for South Carolina Coalition against Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault and is a local corporation that promotes community awerness of domestic violence and teen dating violence. They service and shelter victims; who have been victimized and assaulted in abusive relationships.SCCADVASA does this  by helping and attending to victims throughout the community and participating in  April Sexual Assault Awareness Month and October Domestic Awareness Month. Also, the organzations creats an awareness by posting flyers on domestic violence and teen dating violence in community centers, colleges, and corner stores. Local and community agency can help stop teen dating violence and prevent sexual abuse in the relationships by linking with SCCADVASA. Teens in abusive relationship can be affected when they grow into adults. In many schools, such as mine, there are posters and flyers hanging up to show teens call to call or stop by local organizations if they are being abused or know someone who is.  Putting these organizations in the community may really help teens be aware of the signs of abuse and how they get out of an abusive relationship. Domestic violence in teen relationships can affect teens when they become adults. Many teens my age, experience some type of abuse in their relationship; which could affect their future. One example would be a teen girl named Ayza Alvarze; who was a victim  of  teen dating violence. "I didn't tell her about the sexual abuse, how they tried to control me. I didn't see it as a problem. I thought it happened; I'll get over it and move on. I didn't realize how it would affect relationships I had later." (Alvarze) She was only fifteen, in her first relationships and thought that a healthy relationship was being control by her boyfriend.  Ayza was even being pressured to have sex, but still did not tell her parents. After she finally got out of her first relationship, she stepped into a new relationship, but the abuse still continued. Eventually, she got out of those unhealthily relationships by the helpof  her parents and learned a life lesson  about growing up and how being abuse had affected her, and how she learned and grew from her mistakes. Abuse will affect teens today, and in the future because; without the guidance of organizations, parents, or friends, teen victims will grow up into adults and sadly  may become a victim of domestic violence. According to SafePlace, "Even though teen relationships may be different from adult relationships in many ways, teens still do experience the same types of physical, sexual, verbal and emotional abuse as adults do. ( SafePlace) Teens in abusive relationships can be affected in the future because if they do not get help or counseling it can lead to domestic violence. Domestic violence is seen in marriages or adult relationships and is closely related to teen dating violence because both can cause victims to be abused physically, mentally, sexually. Teens need to learn how to get out of an unhealthily relationships, and know the signs of abuse; so when they become adults it won't lead to them being abused in marriages. Adding local and community agencies can reduce teen dating and domestic violence in generation to come. "Scares of the abuse may heal, but the remembrance of it never goes away. ( Bellamy)


"About SCCADVASA." SCCADVASA. N.p., 2011. Web. 29 Mar. 2011
. <http://www.sccadvasa.org/about-us/

Johnson, Caitlin A. "When Teen Dating Turns Bad." CBS News. com. N.p., 2011. Web. 21 Mar. 2011. 

     http://www.cbsnews.com/.

" The Safe Place.org. Break the Cycle , 2009. Web. 16 Mar. 2011.

 http://www.thesafespace.org/the-basics/relationships-101/about-teen-dating-violence/.

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There can be mental abuse and physical in teen relationships; however, mental abuse is seen more often in these relationships. Mental abuse is the reason why teen victims stay with their abuser. Most people think that abuse is physical such as punching, kicking, or smacking a person around. "Mental abuse is emotional domestic abuse that inflicts physiological or emotional suffering or fear.” (Mama’s Health) According to Mama’s Health, mental abuse is seen more in teen relationships than physical abuse. The worst abuse has to be mental abuse because it can inflict humiliation, depression, and can lead to suicide in victims. The reason is that abusers manipulate their victims by making them feel powerless; they make them feel less than human. Victims often stay with their abusers because they believe that they deserve to be abused and that they could not function without their abuser. "In 1996, the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence, for Health Canada, reported that 39% of married women or common-law wives suffered emotional abuse by husbands/partners.  " A 1995 survey of women 15 and over 36-43% reported emotional abuse during childhood or adolescence, and 39% experienced emotional abuse in marriage or dating." This report does not address boys or men suffering emotional abuse from families or intimate partners. (Child Abuse) This research from the Child Abuse blog is about how child abuse can affect the child in the future and relates to how mental abuse is seen more in relationships. The link from the source provides statistics on how forty-three percent of women interviewed reported that they have experienced emotional abuse and thirty-nine percent experienced emotional abuse during dating or marriage. Over all, mental abuse in seen more in teen relationships and is the reason teens stay in with their abuser. "He would abuse her mentally and physically over and over, but she stayed with him and loved him because she believed that was a normal relationship for her." (CBS News) This is an interview from CBS News. A teenage girl name Trina described her experience when she was in an abusive relationship. The interview also describes how the abuse was physical, but mental abuse played a huge factor in her relationship and was harder for her to break away from her abuser. Trina was manipulated into believing that a normal relationship is to be abused everyday by her boyfriend. She even thought it was true love and how she could not function without him. These are signs of a victim being mentally abused, which causes teens to stay in their abusive relationship. (Katie Couric)

Miya. "Preliminary Links ." Miya,s I- Search . N.p., 23 Mar. 2011. Web. 5 Apr. 2011. 

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"Emotional abuse in teenage relationships." Mama's Health . N.p., 2011. Web. 5 Apr. 2011. 
<http://www.mamashealth.com/>.
 
Couric, Katie. "30% of Teens Report Abuse in Relationships." CBS New. N.p., 3 Dec. 2011. Web. 6 Apr.      2011. </http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/eveningnews/main3420.shtml>. 
 
 

http://Couric, Katie. "30% of Teens Report Abuse in Relation
ships." CBS News. N.p., 3 Dec. 2009. Web. 27

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"The problem I am trying to solve is ending teen dating abuse in our communities. The community I am helping is Mille Lacs County in Milaca, MN. I work for an organization known as Pearl Crisis Center where I lead a teen group called "Teens Against Dating Abuse". This group is made up of 90 Mille Lacs County Teens who work together for a common goal, reaching out to victims of violence and ending abuse by educating communities. " - TADA


This quote is from website Do Something about starting your own organization in your community. The website gives you helpful tips on projects on volunteering, starting a club, and how to put together your own organization. An teenage girl from Minnesota, decided she wanted to get her community involved in stopping teen dating abuse. In her small town of Milace, she was leading a group of teens called "Teen against Dating Abuse" (TADA) in the organization of Pearl Crisis Center. The center gives shelter and counseling to victims in domestic violence and teen dating abuse.  TADA is a 90 Mille Lacs County Teens which means ninety teens help ninety victims in harmful relationships. The group’s goal is to educate their community on abuse in teen relationships and reach out to victims who are being victimized. By participating in “Stop Violence against Women Action Day"  is where victims meet their Senators and Representative to discuss violence in teen relationships and what they can do to help. This quote shows how a teenager like me, decide to make a difference and get the community involve in stopping teen dating violence. I feel that anyone can make a difference you only need one step; which can change your community and then the world.

"TADA : Teen Against Dating Abuse." Do Something. N.p., 2011
. Web. 29 Mar. 2011.

Quote, Paraphrase, and Citation # 4

SCCADVASA is a statewide coalition of all domestic violence shelters and rape crisis centers in South Carolina. Since 1981, we have been an advocacy leader in representing the critical needs of survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. - SCCADVAS

This quote is from the website organization of South Carolinian Against Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault. The organization started in 1981, and has been helping victims ever since. SCCADVASA is organization that is statewide and promotes an awarness on communitiy on issues, policy , and legislatin that regards Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. They service and shelter victims; who have been victimized and assaulted in abusive relationships. SCCADVASA participated in the April Sexual Assault Awareness Month and the October Domestic Awareness Month. Moreover, dating violence and domestic violence can lead to sexual abuse; which the abuser can sexual assault or rape their victims. Approximately 1 in 5 female high school students report being physically or sexually abused by a dating partner. The SCCADVARSA website gives information to teens and women about signs of abuse and hotline numbers in their area to call. I have seen posters around the Horry Georgetown Technical College on about domestic violence or sexual assault and numbers to call for help. I have taken a sheet of paper off the one of the posters; which had the SCCAGVARSA and the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence hotline numbers. I was surprised to see posters around campus on the awareness of teen dating and domestic violence and how there are local areas that teens or adults can call in this agencies to get help or advice on abusive relationships.


"About SCCADVASA." SCCADVASA. N.p., 2011. Web. 29 Mar. 2011
. <http://www.sccadvasa.org/about-us/

Graph & Citation " Teen Power Wheel and Control Wheel"

http://www.loveisrespect.org/resource-center/power-and-control-scenarios/

This graph is from a website Love is Respect and is an organization that helps teens or women get out of abusive relationships. This is one of many organizations, which uses the internet to connect with teens and adults on how to be aware of teen abuse in relationships. This website can give teen information on what is abuse, the signs of abuse, and how teens and parents can get involved to stop abuse. This website relates to teens as well as women because teen dating violence can lead to domestic violence when teenagers become an adult. The graph is shown as a pie graph and is cut into eight pieces. The pie graph describes the different forms of violence teens can experience in dating and when you touch a piece it explains the signs of that type of abuse. On the outline of graph there are titles such as, physical, violence, and sexual which can show what types of signs of abuse can either one of them. This graph relates to my essential questions on different abuse and local and community agency that can provide help to teens.

http://"Power and Control Scenarios." Love is respect. N.p.,
2011. Web. 29 Mar. 2011.

Quote, Summary, Source Analysis, and Ciation # 3

"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

Photo, Caption, and Citation # 3

  

This picture is of a teenage girl who looks innocent and fragile. In her hand she holds a photo of herself with a black eye.  The picture held close to the face of the girl gives an illusion that she actually looks battered. This photograph could mean that she is either being abused, or has been victimized by her partner. This image could also represent that she has finally gotten out of a bad relationship, and there is a visual image to show what she had been through.  Also it relates to my one my essential question that is which form of abuse is more harmful to a victim: physical or mental abuse.


Respect 2 All. N.d. CBS News. N.p., 3 Dec. 2009. Web. 27 Mar
. 2011. <http://www.cbsnews.com/