Dating | Dating Safety

It's not easy to communicate with teens, especially about their relationships. Here's how.

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Appalling dating violence, often involving illegal substances, has long gone underreported.

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Be prepared. You may be sending your student into high-risk territory this fall.

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Agreement is a requisite for intimate encounters, including those with people with disabilities.

Psychological manipulation is as insidious as it is harmful, but there are ways to recognize it.

This form of abuse involves control, and it's happening all around us.

How sharing experiences can disarm gender-based abuse.

How much can we trust an online dating profile?

If hooking up is on your travel agenda, know what to bring for those sexual encounters.

Reclaiming your life is a process of rebuilding independence and preventing future harm.

Circumstances keep changing now that we have vaccinations, so where do you begin?

Despite a pandemic that has necessarily limited in-person meetings, you can still date safely.

Dating can be exciting and fun, but it can also be stressful—and, in the worst cases, scary.

The signs of abuse follow a relatively predictable trajectory from courtship to control.

Dating has never been without risk, and then COVID-19 added new challenges. But don't despair.

Stuck at home? Try these approaches to get your partner to shape up and put out for better sex.

Facing COVID-19’s social restrictions as a single woman taught me valuable dating lessons.

Sex stops for nothing, not even a pandemic. But you can be smart about it.

Emotional abuse can be subtle. Know the signs to watch for and the ways to get help.

States are trying to make intentionally slipping off or damaging your condom a criminal offense.