{"id":2168,"date":"2023-02-16T20:12:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T20:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news\/?p=2168"},"modified":"2023-02-16T20:16:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T20:16:19","slug":"spotting-danger-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news\/2023\/02\/spotting-danger-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotting danger signs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Thursday 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s Recreation Center is hosting a webinar to catch the signs of dating violence and abuse in relationships.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 51ÁÔÆæ graduate Cindy Torres will host the webinar alongside Friendship of Women coworker Denisse Tamayo.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe hope to achieve awareness,\u201d TSC Graduate Torres said. \u201cI\u2019ll be talking about the types of abuse and defining the types of abuse. For students, the most important thing is the digital world. It is not okay to feel pressure whether it\u2019s sexual, social or any other type of pressure to do things you don\u2019t want to do. Even through digital means, this is a new type of abuse that is very real.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 51ÁÔÆæ is committed to education and promotion of safe dating and knowing the warning signs in potentially dangerous situations. Last October 51ÁÔÆæ hosted its annual Domestic Violence Awareness conference, bringing together district attorneys from each of the four Rio Grande Valley Counties. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not talked about enough,\u201d Torres said. \u201cIt is quite normalized now with students and younger people. There is a generational gap.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Torres says the goal is to break the cycle of abuse via education. She says many survivors may not even realize they are in an abusive situation or relationship.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cViolence creates more violence,\u201d Torres said. \u201cIf people don\u2019t know, how are they supposed to prevent it. It\u2019s like the old adage \u2018history repeats\u2019 itself. If one doesn\u2019t know that they are experiencing abuse or the definitions or even that it\u2019s considered abuse then how are you supposed to fight it?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n