Organizations raise teen dating violence awareness
RSVP has been raising awareness through posts on their Facebook and Twitter accounts.
By Crystal Thomas
Published Feb. 3, 2012
Well into its third year, Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention month has banded together organizations and programs nationwide in an attempt to resolve today’s teen dating issues.
On campus, the Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center disseminates information about teen dating violence to the student body through its website. The website constructs the history of Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention legislation and links students to www.loveisrespect.org if they are experiencing or witnessing teen dating violence.
“Teen Dating Violence Awareness (and Prevention) Month is an opportunity for us to highlight the importance of early intervention and prevention of dating violence,” RSVP coordinator Danica Wolf said. “At a time when individuals are forming their norms and opinions about dating and interpersonal relationships, it is vital that teens are seeing examples of healthy relationships and healthy communication as well as the importance of intervening if they see warning signs in a friend’s relationship.”
Along with the RSVP Center, Stronger Together Against Relationship Sexual Violence, the Women’s Center and other MU organizations will be hosting their 11th Annual Vagina Monologues on Feb. 18. The event does not specifically address teen dating violence, as most of its audience are no longer teens, but it does elaborate on relationship issues.
Junior Shanae Adams, who has worked in the RSVP Center for a year and a half, has witnessed teen dating violence in high school and in college. She said she believes there is a significant difference between the two.
“The difference between high school and college dating violence is obviously the age difference, maturity and bullying,” Adams said. “In high school, I feel like there is more pressure to fit in and figure out who you are within the means of those who are around you. In college, you kind of already know who you are. Also there is just less
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