Teen Dating Violence Speeches

IntroductionIn recent history, dating violence has become a paramount issue in American society. With the rates of domestic violence on the rise, much research has been conducted that provides evidence that violence during dating relationships in the teen years is a strong contributing factor to later domestic violence. Current research is revealing that a far larger percentage of teens are suffering from some amount of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse in their dating relationships. Studies have shown that both those who engage in the violent behaviors, as well as those who are the victims of these acts are more likely to be involved in violent relationships in the future. The significant number of individuals involved in these

Many believe that rap music has taken a complete 180 in the industry and has turned their lyrics of inspiration and positivity, to drugs and gang violence. Although several signs can point to this statement being true, rap music does not encourage teens to act violently. In fact, many artists/rappers spread positive messages across, giving solutions, and inspiration to the audience.

Violence has always been an issue in the world, for example the crimes of Al Capone during the height of Prohibition. Rap music came about in the 1970s, and gangs who created a lot of violence came about in the 1920s. There has always been violence in the world even when Rap did not exist. Being that there were gangs who created violence before rap music was created it is unfair for society to apply violence to rap at all. "We should not forget that gangs, drug use, objectification of women, and yes even questionable fashion decisions by the youth, of all eras, all existed before brothers started rapping." (Griffiesan)

Teen Violence is a big dilemma in today’s society. Violent behaviors usually start from family and peers, as well as teens observing it at there neighborhoods or communities. These behaviors are reinforced by what youth see on television, on the Internet, in video games, movies, music videos, and what they hear in their music. When children are disciplined with severe corporal punishment or verbal abuse, or when they are physically or sexually abused, or when they witness such behavior in their home, it is not surprising that they behave violently toward others. Teen Violence has had such an impact in our youth today that it leads many destructive things and that’s why we have so much violence today.

RAPP is a project, which partners with secondary schools in the entire New York City to raise awareness regarding dating abuse. It intervenes and prevents significant dating violence that usually sprouts among teenagers (Velasco et al., 2015). The program educates individuals on unhealthy and healthy relationships and respect. Through classroom workshops, confidential counseling, school-wide awareness campaigns, and groups, the organization has been able to thrive the flesh of most high school teenage relationships (Martinello, 2015). To accomplish its purpose, it focuses on educating and supporting high school students on sexual violence, gender role stereotypes,

The corruptness of music today seems to be linked to the crude language and aggression found particularly in hip-hop and rap music. Some rap artists use vulgar language in their lyrics that are easily adoptable by teens (Holden). Not only have certain lyrics influenced the way teens speak but also their actions. An article on Headliners.org stated that “lyrics in the music are too violent and are to blame for many problems.” The problems range anywhere from suicide and aggression towards women to underage drinking and drug use. Lyrics are not only to blame, but also what people see in artists’ music videos can affect what they do (Doaks). The urge to emulate these rap musicians has escalated quickly causing a spike in rebellious tendencies among teens.

In society today, it is highly noticed that the role of rap music messages and video images of violence causes an increase in negative emotions, thoughts and behaviors which could lead to violence amongst youth. Rap music has been at the center of concern in regards to the potential harmful effect of violent media on social behavior amongst youth. This potential behavior could be seen in the music video titled “Kim” by Eminem. In this music video, the storyline, language and sound encourages hostile thoughts and feelings amongst its audience. In the music video, Kim husband catches her cheating on him in their home with another man, while he is away. However, when Marshall gets home and finds out that his wife is cheating on him, he gets upset, angry, and abusive and becomes violent towards his wife Kim. He screams at her saying that, if she moves again, he will “beat the shit out of her” (Line 11). Violence in rap music has increased in response to the complex interplay of changing social conditions such as the elevated levels of youth violence in the changing commercial practices within the music industry. Hence, the media influences violence in four negative ways, which contributes immensely to anger amongst youth which leads to aggressive behavior such as social violence, substance abuse, domestic violence, and negative perceptions of women.

For years, music artists have been blamed for violent acts that people have associated with their songs. These genres are the most attacked because of the

Teen dating violence is becoming a huge issue among schools across the nation. In fact most teens don’t even think their relationships are abusive or they know but they are too scared to do anything about it. Teen dating violence is on the rise. This violence spans across all socioeconomic levels and knows no race. Even famous people can be victims of dating violence. Dating violence is a real issue and needs to be addressed in all schools and workplaces across the nation. Teen dating violence is on the rise and is ultimately one of the biggest issues among teens and adolescents today.

“Nearly 1.5 million high school students across the country experience physical violence at the hands of a dating partner each year” (Duret). Teenage dating violence is on the rise. Due to recent advances in technology, abuse issues are more prevalent; technology allows room for students to lash out over text messaging and through social media. However, teen violence can be prevented. The government has established laws and campaigns to educate and protect victims. Teenagers go through many changes during their adolescent years and peer influence can make it hard to decipher between right and wrong. However, by high school, teenagers should be able to determine and understand healthy relationships; unfortunately, teenage dating violence statistics continue to rise at alarming rates.

A majority of the students and teachers are exceedingly uninformed of the mishaps revolving around dating abuse and how common it is for ones student/peer is undergoing dating abuse. According to figure one, a graph presented by Mary Kay from Loveisrespect taking in the documentation of results from a survey that evaluates the circumstances of dating abuse, states that over fifty percent out of the 500 teens and young adults that were interview have experienced some type of abuse in a relationship. However, forty percent of those people have remained silent (Figure 1). Adding on,Loveisrespect, an organization that provides aid to dating abuse victims, states that a majority of parents (58%) could not correctly identify all the warning signs of abuse. This is highly hazerdous to society, as it strips away the beauty of these victims, to the point where only thirty-three percent of teens who were in a violent relationship ever told anyone about the abuse (Loveisrespect). Adding on to the thirty-three percent of teens, eighty-one percent of parents surveyed believe teen dating violence is not an issue or admits that they are uninformed of the issue (Loveisrespect). Society, especially those who are in school environments, should be well informed of dating abuse and attempt to reach out to these

In this study, researchers wanted to investigate the potential link between teen dating violence victimization and bullying victimization. If such a link was found, researchers may be able to prevent some forms of teen dating violence from occuring by targeting those who had a prior history of being bullied. Furthermore, those victims could be educated on the potential dangers that come with the often unfamiliar territory of dating. A survey that offered self-report data on levels of bullying victimization, as well as levels of teen dating victimization was given to 17,780 adolescents in grades 9 through 12. The cultural breakdown of adolescents that participated in the survey was 33% African American, 55% Caucasian, and 12% of those surveyed

The Media of today is so open to violence that it’s almost impossible to avoid. Through movies, Violence is another issue that needs to be censored in the media. It is exposed through music’s, with lyrics that refer to violent mental pictures of rape, sex, and money. In Movies, violence is shown through scenes where people are getting their head cut off, using of guns and knives, and violence against woman. The problem is that many of us look into these exposures has influences and role models, which is why we emulate them and as a result, breeding violence against ourselves. Many rap music show today are simply about drugs, jail, woman and killing, and because teenagers look up to them, it’s inevitable that they will soon practice life expressed through the lyrics. But violence is nearly impossible to get rid of. Just by watching the news, you can see and hear about violence that occurs every day. So, until society is peaceful, violence will not be off of

     Most rap songs that contain violence reflects incidents that occur in today’s society such as the Rodney King incident. “Rap music brings together a tangle of some of the most complex social, cultural, and political issues in contemporary American society.” Rap and hip-hop artists write songs that promote the killing of enemies as well as targeting institutions such as the church, government, and justice system (Ro 145) Most artists relive their own painful experiences over and over again though their music, delaying their own society’s process of recovery . for example, in 1989