Wednesday 2 October 2013

Girls' Views on Coercion



Girlguiding has released Care versus Control: Healthy Relationships, which explores girls’ views on coercion. Key findings from the attitudes survey include:
  • 23% of girls aged 11 – 21 showed a full understanding of what an abusive relationship is
  • 21% said that telling you what you can and can’t wear was acceptable
  • 12% of girls aged 11 – 21 said that telling you who you can and can’t spend time with could sometimes be ok
  • 21% said that shouting at you or calling you names because of what you may have done could sometimes be ok
  • 22% said that checking up on you and reading your phone could sometimes be ok
  • 96% of girls aged 11 – 21 said that it was never acceptable for a boy to hit, kick or punch his girlfriend for talking to someone else at a party 
Staggering statistics, woudn't you agree?