Saving Beauty from the Beast by Author

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Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-15T16:00:00+00:00

TWO

THE BLACK-AND-BLUE SOUL

Emotional Abuse

“ EMOTIONAL ABUSE ABSOLUTELY predominates in unhealthy teen dating relationships,” says Karen Harker, who has worked with abused women and teens for almost twenty years.

Like Karen Harker, I meet girls after each school presentation I give who come forward to describe the various kinds of emotional assaults they have suffered at the hands of their boyfriends. Until the signs are pointed out, they are usually not even aware that they have been abused.

Verbal cruelty frequently exists alone, but it is always a component in sexual and physical violence. Experts agree that even if a girl has not experienced the other forms of battering, she will be deeply damaged by emotional abuse. Her family and many of her close friends will notice marked changes in a girl’s bearing, changes that will have a ripple effect on everyone around her. In this chapter, we will explore the dynamic of emotional battering and its many facets.

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