Approximately 10 percent of high school students reported physical victimization and 10 percent reported sexual victimization from a dating partner

Transgender people are 1.7 times more likely to be the victims of sexual violence than cisgender people are

A survey of over 7,000 people with disabilities reports that 7 in 10 with disabilities have been abused, over half experienced physical abuse, about 40 percent experienced sexual abuse, and 90 percent experienced verbal or emotional abuse

African American women experience intimate partner violence at a rate 35 percent higher than white women

Emotional and/or verbal abuse: Emotional control, manipulation, or intimidation

Physical abuse: Intentional bodily harm or injury

Sexual assault and abuse: Forcing someone to engage in unwanted sexual activity or contact

Coercion: Pushing, pressuring, and arguing with someone until they give in to doing something they don't want to do

Incest: Sexual abuse within a family

Sexual Harassment: Sexual, verbal, or emotional abuse that is sexual

Hate Crimes: Physical, emotional, or sexual abuse based on and motivated by intolerance of or bias towards people in a particular group.

Domestic, partner, or dating abuse: Emotional, verbal, physical, and/or sexual abuse that occurs within a family or between sexual or romantic partners, spouses, or people who live together

Cyberstalking and other technology abuse: Using technology to stalk, harass, bully, or endanger someone or violate their safety or privacy

Low self-esteem and feelings of worthlessness

Suicidal thoughts or behaviors

Self-harming behaviors

Self-doubt

Addiction or substance abuse

Inability to set healthy boundaries

Feelings of isolation

Difficulty concentrating or staying motivated

Dissociation

Fear of intimacy

Loss of trust, difficulty building trust

Shame and guilt

Fearfulness

Difficulty feeling and expressing a full range of emotions

PTSD

Intense jealousy

Possessiveness/claims of ownership

Verbal/physical intimidation

Very traditional ideas about gender and the "place" of men and women in a relationship

Extreme codependency/neediness

History of violence or a criminal record

Existing violence within someone's family

Abuse of or dependence on drugs

Fascination with weapons or acts of violence

Moving too fast in a relationship

Insisting on sex or commitment early in a relationship

Dial down conflict

Avoid escalation

Trust your sense of danger

Don't assume that because no one else is reacting, nothing needs to be done

Step in when someone is saying something that enables or normalizes abuse

Don't be antagonistic

Separate the people in question

Recruit help

Create a reason to call the intended target away

Find a way to take up the potential perpetrator's time

Create a diversion

Ask friends to intervene

Recruit a potential ally (an employee at the establishment you are in)

Alert an authority figure

Help them to find a safe emotional space

Ask them what they need

Ask for permission before doing anything for them

Respect their right to make their own choices and decisions

Believe and support them

Let them know that however they are feeling is okay

Listen without judgement or correction

Set limits and boundaries gently

Offer to be an advocate

Give information and resources rather than advice

Be patient

Remind them it's not their fault