Leslie Morgan Steiner, a former abuse victim, stressed the importance of identifying the red flags of relationship abuse. Steiner gave a speech at Central Connecticut State University Alumni hall on the myths and misconceptions on relationship abuse last Wednesday.
“Abuse is not about hitting somebody, it’s about using violence and control to dominate them,” said Steiner, author of the New York Times best seller Crazy Love.
Steiner grew up in an abuse-free home in Washington, eventually graduating Harvard with a B.A. in English. She moved to New York City and worked full-time at Seventeen Magazine. One day on the train she met the man she would eventually marry named “Connor”. At first everything was great, as she would call it the “honeymoon phase,” it was not until the many …show more content…
“I think at college it’s something good that they are talking about because students are trying to find themselves and want to be accepted. If they are in a bad situation they don’t know it can be harming,” said junior J-Ada Serrano.
Steiner’s visit was sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Equity Red Flag campaign at CCSU. The campaign’s goal is to prevent dating violence in colleges.
Sarah Dodd, specialist at the Office of Victim Advocacy at CCSU, did a survey at the Student Center and found an overwhelming number of students had said that the Red Flag Campaign has helped them to understand dating violence.
Nicholas D’ Agostino, associate in the Diversity and Equity department, accentuated the importance of Steiner’s story to the campaign. “The campaign itself is to raise awareness, to talk about the red flags in dating violence,” said D’ Agostino. “Her whole story is a series of red flags on point to what this campaign is about. The warning signs that arose that she didn’t recognize at first, but was able to look back and say that was a red
“Abuse is not about hitting somebody, it’s about using violence and control to dominate them,” said Steiner, author of the New York Times best seller Crazy Love.
Steiner grew up in an abuse-free home in Washington, eventually graduating Harvard with a B.A. in English. She moved to New York City and worked full-time at Seventeen Magazine. One day on the train she met the man she would eventually marry named “Connor”. At first everything was great, as she would call it the “honeymoon phase,” it was not until the many …show more content…
“I think at college it’s something good that they are talking about because students are trying to find themselves and want to be accepted. If they are in a bad situation they don’t know it can be harming,” said junior J-Ada Serrano.
Steiner’s visit was sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Equity Red Flag campaign at CCSU. The campaign’s goal is to prevent dating violence in colleges.
Sarah Dodd, specialist at the Office of Victim Advocacy at CCSU, did a survey at the Student Center and found an overwhelming number of students had said that the Red Flag Campaign has helped them to understand dating violence.
Nicholas D’ Agostino, associate in the Diversity and Equity department, accentuated the importance of Steiner’s story to the campaign. “The campaign itself is to raise awareness, to talk about the red flags in dating violence,” said D’ Agostino. “Her whole story is a series of red flags on point to what this campaign is about. The warning signs that arose that she didn’t recognize at first, but was able to look back and say that was a red