Center for Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services

“I constantly felt like I was walking on eggshells.”  At the age of 16, Rhylee Shepherd, found herself in an abusive relationship with a teenage boy who attended another high school.   He called her terrible names and told her that no one would ever love her. He tried to separate Shepherd from her family by convincing her that they were trying to control her. And he restricted her phone use unless Shepherd was talking to him.  Once he even held her hostage in his truck for hours and told her how much she had ruined his life. Shepherd was afraid to leave him.  “The ...

We are aware of the unauthorized messages sent through an email listserv from the Center for Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services at Kent State University. We sincerely apologize to the students who received these email replies, which were sent following a request to take a survey. These messages are not in keeping with our values of respect and care in a safe community. We are working to disable the function that allowed these replies to be sent to the distribution list.  For anyone who may have been triggered or affected by these messages, we ask that they reach out to o...