How College-age Women Conceptualize Violence in Dating Relationships (IMAGE)

Florida Atlantic University

How College-age Women Conceptualize Violence in Dating Relationships

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Fifty-seven percent of participants reported difficulty identifying what constitutes dating violence. While 100 percent said "physically forcing you to have intercourse" was violent, about 25 percent of participants found coercive sex or "emotionally pressuring you to have intercourse until you give in," acceptable.

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Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University

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