About dating relationship abuse.
Relationships : Dating Relationshop Abuse.

The victims of dating relationship abuse are both male and female. The most common form of date abuse is rape and after that violence. Relationship abuse can take sexual, physical or emotional forms. These abuses can be in the form of teasing, bullying, humiliation, threats, betrayals, emotional blackmail or as insults. Date rape exists and is very common among teenagers and college going students. Many teenagers succumb to these various forms of abuse repeatedly. This may be due to peer pressure, which is one of the pitfalls of the adolescent age.

During adolescence teenagers experience a lot of physical and emotional changes in their bodies. They are in the process of adapting to these changes and go through a lot of emotional upheavals. They suffer from contradicting emotions where on one hand they want to assert their independence and flaunt their adulthood and on the other hand they want to hide their ignorance and confusion.

In such a situation both male and females tend to fall prey to conflicting emotions, experimentation, peer pressure and become victims or perpetrators of abuse. The perpetrators try to exert their power, independence or frustrations in the form of physical abuse, threats, possessiveness etc. Such teenagers are generally misguided, confused or suffer from behavioral problems.

Victims of dating relationship abuse need to be handled with a lot of care, patience, understanding and affection. They need to feel loved and trusted so that they regain and develop their battered self-confidence and are able to live life normally.