staying safe: your rights

your rights | safety plan

Dater's Bill of Rights

You have the right to:

1. Refuse a date without feeling guilty.
   
   
2. Say "no" to physical closeness.
   
   
3. Say "I want to know you better before I become more involved or before we have sex".
   
   
4. Say "I don't want to be in this relationship any longer".
   
   
5. An equal relationship with the opposite sex.
   
   
6. NOT be abused physically, sexually or emotionally.
   
   
7. Have friends, including those of the opposite sex.
   
   
8. Express your feelings.
   
   
9. Set limits, to say "no" or "yes", and to change your mind if you so choose, without permission from anyone else.
   
   
10. Stop physical intimacy, even if in the middle of it.
    
    
11. Have your morals, values, and beliefs respected.
    
    
12. Say " I don't want to please you at this time, or do that."
    
    
13. Talk with others about your relationship.
    
    
14. Be as open or as closed as you feel comfortable.