* Girls and women between the ages of 16 and 24 experience the highest rates of intimate partner violence. * 1 in 5 high school girls is physically or sexually hurt by a dating partner. * 1 in 3 teens experience some kind of abuse in their romantic relationships. * Only 33 % of teens who have been in or known about an abusive dating relationship report having told anyone about it. * Teen girls face relationship violence 3 times more than adult women. * 25% of victims say they have been isolated from family and friends. * More than half of victims say they have compromised their own beliefs to please a partner. * Many teens think this is normal. * Teens report dating abuse via cell phones is a serious problem. * Cell phone calls and texting mean constant control: 1 in 3 teens say they are text messaged 10, 20, 30 times an hour by a partner keeping tabs on them * 82% of parents whose teens were emailed or text messaged 30 times an hour were not aware of this * The majority of parents of teen victims are unaware of the abuse _Statistics from the US Dept. of Justice, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Liz Claiborne Inc. teen dating violence survey_ "Download _Statistics_ Handout":/content/documents/0000/0009/TEEN_DATING_VIOLENCE.doc (Word Document) 2007-06-01T09:51:52-07:00 11 1 5 2007-06-11T13:43:24-07:00 statistics