Texting a Growing Form of Harassment: ; Jealous Partners and Exes Increasingly Turning to Technology to Threaten, Track Significant Others
Charleston Daily Mail › June 23, 2010
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WASHINGTON - The text messages to the 22-year-old Virginia woman arrived the day and night, sometimes 20 or 30 at once. Her ex- boyfriend wanted her back. He would not be refused. He texted and called 758 times.
In New York, a 17-year-old trying to break up with her boyfriend got fewer messages, but they were menacing. "You don't need nobody else but me," read one. Another threatened to kill her.See the full content of this document
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Texting a Growing Form of Harassment: ; Jealous Partners and Exes Increasingly Turning to Technology to Threaten, Track Significant Others
It is all part of what is increasingly called "textual harassment," a growing aspect of dating violence at a time when cellphones and unlimited texting plans are ubiquitous among the young. It can be insidious, because messages pop up at the sender's will: Where r u? Who r u with? Why didnt u answer me?
"It's gotten asto...See the full content of this document
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