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Dating Bill of Rights

I have the right to:

  • trust my self above all others.
  • decent treatment by anyone I date.
  • refuse to date anyone.
  • be safe on a date.
  • pay my own way on a date.
  • be assertive on a date.
  • mutually consenting and pleasurable sex.
  • refuse to have sex.
  • disagree with my date.
  • say NO.
  • get angry.
  • fulfill myself with or without a partner in my life.
  • know who I am.
  • know who I am dating.
  • determine whom I will date.
  • use my own transportation on a date.
  • leave any dating situation when my instincts tell me to.
  • prosecute for battery and sexual assault.
  • emotional support and understanding.
  • a healthy dating relationship.
  • control my own destiny.
  • be loved.
  • be cared about.
  • intimacy.
  • high self-esteem.
  • trust myself above all others.

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