romeo and juliet unhealthy relationships entry document

Film made $35 million on the FIRST DAY

Film made $70 million on the FIRST WEEKEND

7 million DVDs sold on the first day

First film has grossed more than $350 million.

Final book in the series sold 1.3 million copies on the first day. A record.

Best Kiss

Best Female Performance

Best Breakthrough male performance

Best Fight

Best Movie

Does your partner?Look at you or act in ways that scare you?

Control what you do, who you see, or where you go?

Make all the decisions?

Threaten Suicide?

Threaten to kill you?

So what, its just a story right?

• Domestic Violence facts

• 1 in 5 female HS students report being physically or sexually abused by a dating partner. Journal

of the American Medical Association, Vol. 286, (No. 5, 2001)

• 25% of 14-17 year olds report knowing the victims of dating violence Empower Program, sponsored by Liz Claiborne Inc. and conducted by Knowledge Networks, Social Control, Verbal Abuse, and Violence Among Teenagers, (2000).

• 11% know multiple victims Empower Program, sponsored by Liz Claiborne Inc. and conducted by Knowledge Networks, Social Control, Verbal Abuse, and Violence Among Teenagers, (2000).

• 33% have actually seen dating violence occur Empower Program, sponsored by Liz Claiborne Inc. and conducted by Knowledge Networks, Social Control, Verbal Abuse, and Violence Among Teenagers, (2000).

• 20% of male students surveyed witnessed someone they know hit the person they were dating Tiffany J. Zwicker, Education Policy Brief, “The Imperative of Developing Teen Dating Violence Prevention and Intervention Programs in Secondary Schools.” 12 Southern California Review of Law and Women’s Studies, 131, (2002).

• 39% of female students report that students discuss whether relationships are too controlling Tiffany J. Zwicker, Education Policy Brief, “The Imperative of Developing Teen Dating Violence Prevention and Intervention Programs in Secondary Schools.” 12 Southern California Review of Law and Women’s Studies, 131, (2002).

• 1 in 3 teens report knowing someone physically hurt by the person they were dating Liz Claiborne Inc., Conducted by Teenage Research Unlimited, (February 2005).

• Is Romeo and Juliet not taught to every high schooler? Quick break down of Shakespeare’s classic: He’s a horny, fickle teenage boy and she’s a moon-eyed, besotted teenage girl. They over dramatize themselves into an early grave taking a couple of others with them.

– Blogger Mike Wilton

Does media targeted at

teens promote unhealthy

relationships?

What do we do about

that?