Textual harassment: text messages become a growing weapon in dating violence
Posted in: Mobile & Wireless at 21/06/2010 19:48
Missives from spurned loves arrive in class, at the dinner table, in movie theaters, part of what is called "textual harassment."
The text messages to the 22-year-old Virginia woman arrived during 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.
To read this report in The Washington Post in full, see:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/20/AR2010062003331.html
