Relationship Rights

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You have the right to:

  • Be treated with respect.

  • Your own body, thoughts, opinions and property.

  • Have your needs be as important as your partner's.

  • Not take responsibility for your partner's behavior.

  • Keep your friends.

  • Grow as an individual.

  • Change your mind.

  • Determine how much time you want to spend with your partner.

  • Pay your own way.

  • Assert yourself.

  • Not be abused physically, emotionally, psychologically or sexually.

  • Break up, fall out of love and leave a relationship.

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This project was supported by grant # 2002-WA-BX-0013 from the Office on Violence Against Women, Office of Justice Programs, and by grant # 2004-WA-AX-0016,  from the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, or Office on Violence Against Women.