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Job distribution:
 * Manager: Kathryn
 * Processor: Brigitte
 * Goal Setter: Both

Chosen Facts:
 * 20% of all adolescents report having experienced either psychological or physical violence from an intimate partner.
 * According to the CDC, one in eleven adolescents report physical violence, and one in five report emotional violence.
 * 29% of young women in an national survey said they had been pressured to have sex or engage in sexual activity they didn't want.
 * Young women who reported being hurt in the previous year from dating violence were also approximately twice as likely as other young women to report having been pregnant.
 * young women who are in an abusive relationship may be at a higher risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections.
 * Young people who have experienced dating violence have been found to carry abusive patterns into future relationships.
 * In a national study, researchers found a correlation between history of physical abuse and pregnancy, and between verbal abuse and not using a condom at most recent sexual intercourse.
 * One study found that a young person is more likely to report abuse if they been on five or fewer dates with the perpetrator. The longer the yong person has been in the relationship, the less likely it is that he or she will report the abuse.
 * Dating violence can lead to a number of problems. One study found that females in violent relationships suffer from posttraumatic stress and dissociation, males suffered from anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress. It was also found that fighting, drinking, smoking, suicidal thoughts, and multiple sex partners were linked with a higher prevalence of forced sex.
 * In a study using Data from the 1997 and 1999 Massachusetts YRBS, young women who experienced dating violence were more likely than other women to have their first sexual experience before age 15, and did not consistently use condoms.
 * Those in same sex relationships typically experience the same types of violence as opposite-sex relationships, but they may have an additional threat of being outed by their partner.

Questions:
 * What are the effects of being victim to dating violence?