TOGETHER WE CAN PREVENT VIOLENCE AND ABUSE IN OUR COMMUNITIES
TOGETHER WE CAN PREVENT VIOLENCE AND ABUSE IN OUR COMMUNITIES
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Sexual Violence: A public health crisis we must solve together.
As a community, we cannot ignore the reality that sexual violence is a major public health problem. Sexual violence affects people of all ages, backgrounds, and communities. It can take many forms, including unwanted touching, sexual harassment, rape, and other types of abuse. Public health isn’t just about hospitals or vaccines; it’s about creating the conditions where people can live safe, healthy lives, and sexual violence threatens that safety in a deep and lasting way. [...]
Pressure Isn’t Love: Recognizing Coercive Control in Relationships
In preparation for writing this article, I asked a couple of people outside of this line of work to 'describe what dating violence or an abusive relationship looks like'. The answers I received are as follows: Responder #1 When I think of dating violence, I imagine a man yelling, slamming doors, and physically assaulting his female partner. I then picture her covering [...]
AI is Risky Business for Healthy Relationships
Chances are, if you use any form of social media, the internet, or watch the news, you have heard about AI (Artificial Intelligence). While AI can be useful for researching enormous data sets or seeing patterns across previously disconnected information, even AI has limitations. With the recent boom in AI big business targeting people looking for companionship, love or even therapy, it’s essential [...]
Online Control, Offline Harm: Recognizing Digital Abuse in Relationships
Technology can be a great way to stay connected to the world and those around us. We use it to talk, text, keep up with friends, and follow current events. When it comes to technology and our relationships, there is a line between connection and control. While people of all ages can experience relationship abuse, teens and young adults can be especially vulnerable to relationship abuse as [...]
February is Dating Violence Awareness Month
February is Dating Violence Awareness Month, a national effort to raise awareness about the impacts of abuse and encourage communities to support teens and young adults in seeking healthy relationships. Through our prevention work in schools and in the community, we’ve witnessed firsthand how important education and advocacy are in giving teens a better understanding of healthy, unhealthy, and [...]
Safety Planning for Adults: How Can I Be Safe in My Abusive Relationship?
A safety plan is a set of actions that can help lower your risk of being hurt by your partner. It includes information specific to you and your life that will increase your safety at school, home, and other places that you go daily. Why do I need a safety plan? Everyone deserves a relationship that is healthy, safe, and supportive. If you are in a relationship that [...]
How Domestic Violence Impacts Parents
Survivors of domestic violence are impacted in many ways, but one effect is how abuse can strain parent-child relationships and lead to feelings of failure. Many survivors carry deep shame or guilt; whether because their children were exposed to violence, feeling they did not model a healthy relationship, or the abuse kept them from being grounded and present with their kids. Domestic violence [...]
MEDIA REVIEW: The Mask You Live In
Have you ever felt like you had to act in a certain way, fit into a specific label, or shut down parts of yourself to be treated with respect or cared about? “Be tough. Be the leader. Don’t cry. Man up.” These are phrases boys and men often hear every day, from their friends, family, and communities. Why? Because of social expectations that [...]
Healing Through Art
There are three key parts of the brain to understand when discussing trauma: the Prefrontal Cortex, the rational brain; the Limbic System, the emotional center (where trauma is often stored); and the Hindbrain, the survival brain. It’s important to recognize that talk therapy isn’t always enough; some individuals need creative, nonverbal ways to express and heal, and that’s where art can make a [...]
Lethality and Domestic Violence: A Preventable Crisis
The intersection of lethality and domestic violence remains one of the most urgent yet preventable public safety issues in our communities. Each year, lives are lost due to intimate partner violence that escalates to fatal outcomes. At the Texas Council on Family Violence (TCFV) Townhall on October 3rd, advocates unveiled the Honoring Texas Victims report. This annual publication memorializes those tragically killed by a [...]
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a crucial time to educate, advocate, and break the silence that surrounds this issue. It’s a period to honor survivors, remember those we have lost, and unite in our commitment that violence should never be tolerated. We can all play our part in ending violence by embodying the healthy dynamics we wish to see, learning the signs [...]
The Summer I Chose Emotional Vulnerability
*Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers from The Summer I Turned Pretty.* The Summer I Turned Pretty is a three-season adaptation of the popular 2010 book trilogy written by Jenny Han. Han is known for authentically portraying coming-of-age stories with characters whose complexity accurately reflects the nuances of real-life relationships, both with themselves and others. She doesn’t shy away from writing about the emotional depth [...]
