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Jersey Village High School 7600 Solomon Houston, Texas 77040
Preventing Victims
Twins cheer together, impact school Page 7 Volume 43, Issue 3 February 2015
Students, teachers share insight on dating injustice
photo by KelseyHodges
Cowering in the corner of the room, she hides her face, unable to look him in the eye. Blood dripping from her brow, she silently sobs, praying for the abuse to end. He promised he would not hit her again, but he did, he always did. He would apologize and say how much he loved her, and she took him back every time. Both men and women can experience abuse, but relationships do not start like this, they develop over time, and can end badly if someone does not put a stop to it. “I would define an abusive relationship as one where one partner does not allow the other to be themselves or express opinions on matters,” Priscilla Mayorga, senior, said.
Three types of abuse exist, physical, emotional, and sexual. Men experience abuse as well as women, however, women who inflict abuse normally do it in ways other than physical. Girlfriends can abuse their men emotionally by manipulating them or trying to control them. Although physical abuse from women does happen, it remains an abnormality compared to the cases of men abusing women. “Yes women abusive men as well, men are less likely to report it because of social stigma. Women
might verbally abuse men or even hit them because they feel like men won’t do it back,” Mayorga said. According to the National Teen Dating Prevention Initiative, “Abusive partners are self-centered, immature, manipulative, can’t appreciate the views or needs of others, shift blame onto others, don’t take responsibility for the bad things they do or say, are possessive and treat people like their property, and put others down to feel good about themselves. They are disrespectful and may have problems keeping their emotions under control.” Therefore, an abusive relationship can exist without physical violence. (Con’t on pages 8, 9)
By Kelsey Hodges
Piercing Eyes Staging a situation, Maia Hawkins, senior, poses as a victim of domestic abuse. Makeup artist, Alex Thompson, junior, created realistic looking injuries for the photo shoot. Symbolizing the silence surrounding relationship violence, Hawkins hushes the camera. She uses her acting skills to represent what can happen in a toxic relationship when no one puts a stop to it.