How to protect girls from violence in personal relationships
'20.07.2019'
Source: Womo
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Cruel relationship
Sociologists conducted a study, during which they studied the circumstances of 2 200 murders of young people that occurred from 2003 to 2016 years, writes Womo. As a result, they managed to find out that 90% of the victims were women, and in 7% of cases the perpetrators were their partners, including the former. In most cases, a firearm became the murder weapon (as was the case with adult women killed by partners). The average age of the girls killed is 17 years, while the killers were, on average, 21 a year.
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We find it hard to believe that young creatures can be cruel to each other, but violence is in fact very common among young people. The authors of the study, published in the April issue of the profile edition of JAMA Pediatrics, emphasize:
“The dynamics of relations between adolescents may differ from those of adult couples, but violence is a public health and safety problem, so we should take it seriously. Violence can potentially lead to death, and girls are at risk. Parting and jealousy caused one quarter of the total number of murders. ”
Only in 2017, 7% of schoolchildren admitted that in the past year they had at least once been sexually abused by the person they met, 8% told about physical abuse. And this is a considerable number of teenagers. If you include here and psychological abuse, the numbers are much higher. More than 60% of adolescents who meet with someone (both boys and girls) say that they experienced physical, sexual or psychological violence from partners - the authors of the National Study on Adolescent Relationships and Violence came to this conclusion .
The relationship between adolescents lays the foundation for their behavior in a couple for the following years, the abuse leaves the psychological consequences for many years: anxiety, depression, drug and alcohol addiction, antisocial behavior, eating disorders, suicidal thoughts.
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What can be done?
Dr. Megan Beir-Merritt, a pediatrician from the Boston Medical Center at the Institute of Medicine at Boston University who wrote a review of the study, says that the open and honest position of adults in talking about relationships is very important.
These conversations need to be conducted before the children begin to meet with someone. Children should also be aware that they have “safe” adults (parents, other relatives, teachers, coaches) that they can count on in difficult times.
“Trusting with significant adults is the best buffer against stress,” Beir-Merritt is sure.
