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Published by: Ministry of Health, Social Policy and Equality. Ofce of the Secretary of State for Equality. Ofce of the Government Delegate for Gender-based Violence. Paseo del Prado 18. 28014 - Madrid Email: violencia-genero@igualdad.mspsi.es Website: www.mspsi.es Coordinated by: Pilar Gmez Muoz Ofcial advisor Miguel Lorente Acosta Government Delegate for Gender-based Violence Authors: Text: Miguel ngel Giner Bou. Artwork: Cristina Durn Costell. Design and layout: LaGRUAestudio. The authors benetted from the advice of Carmen Castro (SinGnerodeDudas) and the supervision of the Government Delegate for Gender-based Violence when producing this comic-strip. Ofcial publication identication number (NIPO): 860-11-179-8

HOOKED ON YOU OLIVIA AND MARTIN'S STORY

CRISTINA DURN / MIGUEL A. GINER BOU

MINISTRY OF HEALTH, SOCIAL POLICY AND EQUALITY OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EQUALITY Office of the Government Delegate for Gender-based Violence
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HOOKED ON YOU
FOREWORD
It might seem made up, a cautionary tale rather than a true story, or something surreal and far off, as if real life had nothing to do with the pictures in the comic-strip or the characters with people we see every day on the metro or bus. But I can assure you that Olivia and Martins story is real and the characters in it arent from another planet or a gment of someones imagination. The main characters could be any of those girls or boys you see each day around school or down at the local shopping centre. People you know, girls who fall for boys who seem lovely at rst, but who then start thinking they own the girl, that she belongs to himand they stop being lovely and turn violent. A survey conducted by the Ministry of Equality on teenage girls and boys across Spain shows that roughly 1 in every 10 girls says they have experienced an abusive situation at the hands of the boy they are going out with. A little more, 1.3 in every 10 teenage boys, admit to behaving aggressively towards their girlfriends. So you see, its not all that uncommon and it is closer than you think. Maybe you think Im exaggerating and you wonder what these guys have done for us to think they have been abusive. Ill tell you: these guys themselves admit to, for example, hitting their girlfriends, making them feel afraid, insulting them or making them look a fool, or they have made them feel that they are worthless. They have also sent images of their girlfriends or messages with their mobile or over the internet to insult them or humiliate them...to name just a few of these things. As you can see, this isnt just kids stuff. It is the complete opposite. These are genuine acts of aggression that form part of the violence suffered by women, even the very youngest. This is why it is really important for you to be aware of this kind of violence and understand that it appears to be the most normal thing, as if it was just a part of being in a couple, or at least part of being with a particular partner, which means it is justied instead of rejected. Whats more, it is very widespread as you have seen: remember, nearly 10% of teenagers admit to experiencing it or inicting it at some time! It can happen anywhere, forget about poverty, conict, alcoholism and drug addiction...any teenage boy can inict it if they decide to do so; it all depends on his will. And if this is the case, have you ever wondered why so many teenage boys inict it in all kinds of places? This is a good question. If the same kind of behaviour appears in highly different circumstances, it means there must be something in common to all of them, something that is nothing to do with whether the parents earn more or less money, whether the family have a higher or lower level of education, whether they live in one neighbourhood or another, ...if it was a result of certain circumstances, it

would be associated with them. Yet its not. Being violent to women crosses all barriers and situations to arise in any couple if that is what the aggressor wants. They all have the same cultural references. By culture Im not talking about cultural expression in the form of art, literature, painting or music, etc. I mean values that our culture gives us to organize how we live in society and the functions and roles assigned to us as part of these cultural references so we grow up to be real men and women. These values say different things to girls and boys, allowing some boys to feel that they should control their girl as part of a commitment to the relationship so they dont look bad and his friends dont think hes under the thumb or that she could cheat on him with his friends. And these values make girls believe that when their guy gets tough or tells them not to talk to other friends (whether girls or boys), or tells them to wear different clothes he does it for love, because hes jealous and jealousy means love. And thats completely true: he does do it for love, but love of himself, because he is selsh and thinks he owns her. These values make him think that he is the one who can set limits in such a way that the relationship adapts to what a culture built by men believes a relationship between a couple should be. This is how deception occurs, which leads to the most serious expressions of inequality; these include violence to and discrimination of women, the same as its no time for a girl to be out or this place isnt suitable for a woman. Where there is love, there cannot be violence. And everything that involves imposing, limiting or controlling a girls will is violence because it forces her to obey her boyfriend, and because it leads him to act in a more violent way by means of aggression to correct what he considers to be wrong or feeling that it is her behaviour that threatens his status as a man. Putting up with this behaviour doesnt mean you love him more or that he is more of a man by behaving like that. The human condition is based on respect for Human Rights. If you nd yourselves in situations like those described in the comic-strip or you know that it is happening to someone you know, dont hesitate, hesitation always traps the person suffering from the violence and reinforces the person being violent as the only thing it does is draw it out over time and prolong the circumstances surrounding it. Ask questions, raise the issue, call 016, ask for help and give it yourselves like Olivias friends do. We need to build a better society where there is no longer any violence. By taking action together, we can succeed. Miguel Lorente Acosta Government Delegate for Gender-based Violence

HEY LOOK OLIVIA, A PUPPY! DO THINK ITS DANGEROUS, CAROLINA?

JUST LOOK AT IT, ITS SO SWEET.

YES IT IS... HI DOGGY...

LARACROF!

LARACROF!

THERE YOU ARE, YOU STUPID ANIMAL!

ILL TEACH YOU TO OBEY YOUR OWNER...

HE... HE WAS PLAYING WITH US AND... AND...

ILL TEACH YOU!

OLIVIA! OLIVIA, HELP ME!

LEAVE HER ALONE, YOU BULLY!

WHATS THIS? YOU WANT SOME TOO, DO YA?

O... OLIVIA DO SOMETHING...

OOO... OLI... VIAAAA...

OLIVIA.

OLIVIA!
OH, SORRY, I WAS MILES AWAY...

YEAH, I NOTICED...
I WAS JUST THINKING...DO YOU REMEMBER THAT GUY I TOLD YOU ABOUT? MARTIN? THE ONE ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM?

YOU SHOULD SEE THE WAY HE LOOKS AT ME..

I THINK HE FANCIES ME...

IVE NEVER FELT THIS WAY ABOUT ANYONE BEFORE... ... THE OTHER GUYS WERE JUST A BIT OF FUN.

DONT TELL THEM THAT, HA HA...

YOU GO GIRL!

LOOK, HERE COME RAQUEL AND AHMED.

HIYA, CAN YOU LET ME HAVE THE NOTES FROM MATHS?

COURSE... AND YOU KNOW ILL HELP YOU IF YOU WANT...

SO MARTIN FANCIES YOU THEN?

CAROLINA, ****!

OH, THATD BE GREAT...

LISTEN, THE OTHER DAY I WAS IN THE CHANGING ROOMS AND I HEARD HIM TALKING ABOUT YOU...
YEAH, YEAH...WHERE YOU LIVED, WHICH CLASS YOU WERE IN, THAT KIND OF STUFF...

HA, HA... IM OFF, IVE GOT ART.

YOU DID?

MARTN!

YEAH?

ISNT THAT THE GIRL YOU FANCIED?

OH MY GOD! DID YOU SEE HOW HE JUST LOOKED AT YOU? TALK ABOUT OBVIOUS!

OH MY GOD, I THINK I JUST WENT BRIGHT REDIM GONNA POUNCE ON HIM AT THE PARTY.

YEAH RIGHT, THATS NOT EXACTLY YOUR STYLE...

WELL, SEE YOU TOMORROW.

CIAO.

MUM, DAD, IM HOME.

HI SWEETHEART.

WHOS THAT I CAN SEE? ITS MY LITTLE BUDDHA...

OLI... VIAA...

HELLO LOVE, GIVE ME A HAND WITH YOUR BROTHER, I NEED TO START THE SUPPER.

O.. LI... VIAA...

O.. LI... VIAA...

SO, HOW WAS SCHOOL TODAY? ERRRR... WEEELLLL... I THINK THERES A BOY WHO LIKES ME...

HI MUM, ILL GIVE ADRIAN HIS SUPPER...

FINE, SAME AS USUAL...

JUST FINE? SO WHATS THAT TWINKLE IN YOUR EYE?

OLI... VIAA...
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BITE THE DUST, YOU MINGING ZOMBIE!

****! THEYVE KILLED ME AGAIN!

ARE YOU STAYING FOR SUPPER, RICARDO?

MARTIN, SUPPER IS READY!

NO, NO, I SAID ID BE BACK FOR SUPPER AND I DONT WANT PROBLEMS WITH THE OLD MAN.

WHATEVER... BY THE WAY I THINK IM GONNA TRY AND PULL THAT GIRL FROM SCHOOL...

THAT OLIVIA? SHES A FOX...

YEAH, I REALLY FANCY HER.

WELL, THEYRE ALL THE SAME REALLY...

I DUNNO... ILL TRY AND PULL HER AT THE PARTY ON FRIDAY...

WHATEVER, BUT DONT SAY I DIDNT TELL YOU SO: THEYRE ALL A PAIN IN THE NECK.

RICARDOS NOT STAYING, WHATS FOR SUPPER?

IVE LEFT A SANDWICH OUT FOR YOU... IVE ALREADY HAD MINE.

WHERES DAD?

AS USUAL... HES BUSY AT THE OFFICE, HELL BE BACK LATE... YEAH, AS USUAL...

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OH NO OLIVIAI... VE JUST HEARD THE GUYS ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM ARENT COMING...
HOW COME?

THEYVE GOT TRAINING AND THEYRE NOT COMING, SORRY...

WELL... IT DOESNT MATTER... DONT WORRY...

Hi.. HIVA! ITS OLIVIA, ISNT IT? AND YOURE MARTIN... HA HA, YOUVE GOT THE SAME NAME AS POPEYES GIRLFRIEND. AND THE SAME ONE AS THE GIRL IN FRINGE... ? AM I ON TIME? DEPENDS... ON WHAT? ON WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE ON TIME FOR...
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WILL I HAVE TO START EATING SPINACH?

THATS GOOD IDEA...

TWO MONTHS LATER. I CANT, I TOLD YOU IM MEETING AHMED... AHA. HI OLIVIA, HI MARTIN. HI SIR. ... THEN CAROLINA TO HAVE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE PAGES IN HER COMIC... AND THEN IVE GOT TO PICK ADRIAN UP.

WHY DONT YOU COME TO TRAINING AND WAIT FOR ME?

EH... NO, NO. I CANT JUST NOT MEET THEM.

BUT IF YOU LIKE I COULD COME AND MEET YOU WHEN IVE PICKED ADRIAN UP...

TUT... DOES YOUR BROTHER HAVE TO COME?

BUT MARTIN, HE LOVES WATCHING YOU PLAYHE HAS SUCH A GREAT TIME.

WELL, SEE YA...

SPEAK LATER...

HI AHMED, LETS HAVE A LOOK AT THIS THEOREM...

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SO WEVE GOT A TRIANGLE WITH ANGLES ABC, RIGHT? ABC.

SO A DIVIDED BY SIN A EQUALS B DIVIDED BY SIN B, WHICH EQUALS... OH, THERE GOES MY MOBILE AGAIN. MISS U...

NOT AGAIN!
FOR GODS SAKE OLIVIA, THATS THE TENTH TEXT... I CANT CONCENTRATE WITH THAT GOING ON.

HES JUST REALLY AFFECTIONATE...

HES A PAIN IN THE NECK MORE LIKE...

YEAH, ITS STOPPED RAINING...

WHAT? YOU MEAN RIGHT NOW?

WHAT ABOUT CAROLINA AND... AND... ADRIAN ?

NO, NO ITS NOT THAT... ITS JUST I DONT WANT TO CHANGE PLANS AT THE LAST MINUTE.

WELL, ALRIGHT THEN... ILL LET THEM KNOW IM NOT COMING...

UHM, AHMED... TRAININGS BEEN CALLED OFF AND... ER... WELL, IM LEAVING...

TAP, TAP, TAP, TAP.

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THAT WEEK... I CAN BRING THE DRINKS... HI GUYS, WHATS UP?

HI OLI, WERE PLANNING TO GO TO THE BEACH THEN THE CINEMA ON SATURDAY.

FANCY IT?

COURSE! IT SOUNDS GREAT!

ILL TELL MARTIN LATER... WELL DEFINITELY COME!

HI BABE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

KILLING ZOMBIES, WANNA JOIN ME? COURSE! AS IF YOU NEED TO ASK...

WERE GOING TO THE BEACH THEN THE CINEMA ON SATURDAY...

ON SATURDAY? IVE GOT A MATCH ON SATURDAY...

WELL, UHM... ILL GO, I REALLY FEEL LIKE IT...

WHAT? I THOUGHT WERE COMING TO SEE US PLAY...

... ITS A BIG MATCH.

ER... ITS JUST ITS BEEN AGES SINCE I WENT OUT WITH THEM...
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WHATS THE ITS JUST, FOR GODS MATTER? ARENT SAKE OLI, YOU MAKE WE PLAYING EVERYTHING SO COMPLIANYMORE? CATED...

IVE ALREADY TOLD THE GUYS YOURE COMING... ID REALLY LIKE YOU TO BE THERE...

WELL, YOU COULD HAVE ASKED ME FIRST.

AND BY THE WAY... CAN YOU DO YOUR TOP UP A BIT? I CAN SEE EVERYTHING...

YOURE KIDDING, RIGHT?

COME ON OLI... THEN ME AND YOU CAN GO TO THE CINEMA...

BUT TO SEE ONE OF OUR FILMS, NOT THAT SOPPY STUFF YOUR FRIENDS ARE INTO...

COME ON, ITS NO BIG DEAL...

OH.
WHATS THE MATTER?

IT WAS OLIVIA... GUESS WHAT?

SHES NOT COMING ON SATURDAY. KNEW IT!

WELL, ITS NORMAL THEYVE GOT BETTER THINGS TO DO!

OH PEDRITO, YOUVE GOT A ONE TRACK MIND.

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THIS ONES NICE, MUM.

TH...THAT ONE?

YES, WHATS WRONG WITH IT? DONT YOU LIKE IT?

YES, YES I LIKE IT IM JUST SURPRISED YOU DO.

WHY DO YOU SAY THAT? IT SUITS ME.

ITS JUST AS YOU ALWAYS WEAR SHORT SKIRTS, IM NOT USED TO SEEING YOU WITH SUCH A LONG ONE...

SKIIIIIIIIRT... OOO... LI... VIAA.

WELL MUM, IM OLD ENOUGH TO WEAR WHATEVER I LIKE, ARENT I?

WHY DONT YOU STOP TREATING ME LIKE A CHILD?

NO DARLING, ITS NOT THAT...

AND STOP TALKING DOWN TO ME LIKE THAT... ...I CANT STAND IT.

ITS MARTIN... HES WAITING FOR ME OUTSIDE... IM OFF.

WH...WHAT ABOUT THE SKIRT?

I DONT CARE! JUST LEAVE IT THERE!

OLIVIAAA... CROOOOOSS...

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HERE, YOU CAN HAVE MY GO...

IM GOING FOR A WEE.

BRING US UP SOME NICE COLD CANS...

YOU GET THEM, BABE... IM GOING THE OTHER WAY...

WHAT!?
JUST YOU LISTEN TO ME...! IF I TELL YOU TO BRING US A DRINK, YOU BRING IT AND THATS THAT!

WHATS UP?

CANT YOU EVEN DO THAT FOR US?! YES, IF I WAS GOING DOWNSTAIRS, BUT IM NOT, SO YOU CAN DO IT...

YOURE KIDDING, RIGHT?

YEAH, A JOKE...

DO US A FAVOUR AND JUST BRING THE ******* CANS AND LETS FORGET ABOUT THIS.

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THE NEXT MORNING AT SCHOOL...

LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE IN A SITUATION OF RISK AND THEY DONT REALISE IT...

AND REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REPORT IT, TO REQUEST A RESTRAINING ORDER AND TO RECEIVE INFORMATION ON LEGAL PROCEDURES...

THERES ALSO THE 016(*) HELPLINE AT YOUR DISPOSAL. ILL LEAVE YOU A LEAFLET...

016(*): Helpline providing legal advice and information on gender-based violence.

OK, PLEASE THANK THE SPOKESWOMAN FROM THE VIOLENCE UNIT OF THE EQUALITY MINISTRY FOR HER TIME.

IM IN A HURRY...

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, IT WAS A PLEASURE...

OLIVIA, CAN YOU HANG ON A MINUTE? IT WONT TAKE A MOMENT... I DONT KNOW WHETHER YOU KNEW I COACHED HIM FOR A FEW YEARS, HOWS IT GOING WITH HIM? THATS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU... I SEE YOURE GOING OUT WITH MARTIN FROM THE FOOTBALL TEAM...
YEAH...SO WHAT?

DID YOU LIKE THE TALK? IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE...

COME ON OLIVIA, DONT TRY AND ACT TOUGH, ITS NOT YOUR STYLE...

WHAT IS MY STYLE IS FOR PEOPLE TO LEAVE ME ALONE...

JUST TAKE THE LEAFLET AND HAVE A LOOK AT IT, PLEASE...

WHATEVER YOU SAY... AND IF YOUVE FINISHED HAVING A GO AT ME, IM GOING...

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DO YOU LIKE IT?

CAROL? YOU HAVENT CALLED ME THAT FOR AGES... SINCE WE WERE LITTLE...

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT PUPPY?

LARACROF! CAROL, THIS IS AMAZING...

HOW COULD I FORGET?

GOD... WE WERE SO SCARED.

YEAH, DO YOU REMEMBER I SAID YOU WERE LIKE A BLOCK OF WOOD?

ITS JUST THAT.. UHM... YOURE A BIT LIKE THAT NOW, OLIVIA...

AHA...

YOURE PUSHING US AWAY, YOUR FRIENDS...

***** CAROLINA! NOT YOU AS WELL!

IM WORRIED ABOUT YOU...

WELL YOU CAN STOP WORRYING BECAUSE IM A BIG GIRL NOW...

BUT OLIVIA...

LOOK, WHAT WEVE GOT IS SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL...

YOU LOT DONT UNDERSTAND HOW WE FEEL.

ESPECIALLY YOU... YOUD NEVER GET A GUY LIKE THAT...

WHATS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

PFFF...
DO I REALLY NEED TO SPELL IT OUT?
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... AND WE THRASHED THEM...

HA, HA, OH MY GOD!

HI BABE, WHATS UP? YOU LOOK A BIT DOWN...

ITS BECAUSE OF ME, ISNT IT?

BECAUSE OF THE DRINK THING THE OTHER DAY...

ITS NOTHING...

YOURE RIGHT, I WAS OUT OF ORDER...

IVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT ALL DAY...

NO, SILLY... YOU KNOW IM HOOKED ON YOU...

... HOPING TO BUMP INTO YOU TO SAY SORRY...

SO GO AHEAD, PUNISH ME, YELL AT ME, TELL ME TO GET LOST, WHATEVER YOU WANT...

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THAT WEEKEND OUTSIDE THE LOCAL BAR...

HIYA.

HI CAROLINA, HOWS IT GOING? HEY, ISNT THAT MARTIN?

... AND THE WHOLE TEAM WASNT HE SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYING AWAY ALL WEEKEND?

OLIVIA? FANCY COMING FOR A DRINK? WERE ALL HERE... AH, OK...

YEAH, THATS WHAT OLIVIA SAID... IM GONNA RING HER.

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UHM... SHES NOT COMING... SHES GOT TO LOOK AFTER HER BROTHER AND SHES STAYING IN TO REVISE...

AND, JUST LISTEN TO THIS BIT...

SHES EXPECTING MARTIN TO RING AFTER THE MATCH!

HEY, THEYRE LEAVING, THE FOOTBALL GUYS ARE LEAVING...

LETS FOLLOW THEM TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY DO, OK GUYS?

UHM... BETTER NOT, CAROLINA. WE DONT WANT ANY TROUBLE...

... ANYWAY WEVE GOT TO REVISION TO DO...

WELL, IM GONNA FOLLOW THEM...

HMMM, WHERE COULD THEY HAVE GOT TO?

COME ON THEN IF YOU THINK YOURE HARD ENOUGH!

LETS SEE WHAT YOURE MADE OF..

OH MY GOD!

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SUNDAY EVENING. HEY, YOUVE GOT A MASSIVE BRUISE ON YOUR RIBS...

OH, THATLL BE FROM YESTERDAYS MATCH...

I DONT KNOW HOW YOU CAN LIKE SUCH A VIOLENT SPORT...

WELL YOU DONT SEEM TO MIND WIPING OUT ZOMBIES...

OH THATS NOT THE SAME, THATS PRETEND...

HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT I SAID?

ABOUT KILLING ZOMBIES? NO STUPID, ABOUT TAKING IT FURTHER... THERES NO WAY IM LETTING YOU TAKE PHOTOS OF ME WITH YOUR MOBILE!

YOU KNOW IM NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT...

I DONT KNOW LET ME THINK ABOUT IT A BIT LONGER...

YOU ALWAYS SAY THAT YOU LOVE ME: ITS ABOUT TIME YOU SHOWED ME, ISNT IT? YES, AND IVE NEVER LOVED ANYBODY LIKE I LOVE YOU, BUT I NEED MORE TIME.
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IVE BEEN WAITING FOR MONTHS, I CANT WAIT FOREVER...

WHAT WEVE GOT IS SPECIAL, YOULL NEVER FIND ANYTHING LIKE IT...

THE OTHER DAY I SAW YOU FOOLING AROUND WITH SOME GIRLS...

OH THAT? THATS NOTHING, ITS NORMAL FOR GUYS TO FOOL AROUND...

YEAH, BUT YOU DONT LET ANYONE GO ANYWHERE NEAR ME...

... AND IF THEY DO YOU SPEND AGES NOT SPEAKING TO ME AND YOU GET IN A RIGHT STROP... YOUVE DONE IT AGAIN! YOUVE CHANGED THE SUBJECT AGAIN!

SORRY, BUT ITS STUFF IVE BEEN WANTING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT FOR A WHILE...

STUFF? IS THERE ANY OTHER STUFF?

YES, BUT DONT GET CROSS...

ITS JUST WE ALWAYS GO OUT WITH YOUR FRIENDS... I MISS MINE. PFFF, YEAH BUT YOUR FRIENDS ARE SO STRAIGHT... AND BORING... YOUVE SAID IT YOURSELF BEFORE...

IS THAT EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO TELL ME?

UHM...YOUR FRIEND RICARDO...

WHAT ABOUT HIM?

I DONT KNOW... I JUST DONT LIKE HIM... YOU ACT DIFFERENTLY WHEN YOURE WITH HIM. HE ISNT A GOOD INFLUENCE... HE ISNT A GOOD INFLUENCE? YOU SOUND LIKE MY OLD WOMAN!

LOOK, RICARDOS LIKE A BROTHER TO ME...

HIS FAMILY HAVE PROBLEMS AND I KIND OF FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR HIM...

IF YOURE AS KIND AS YOU SAY, YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT, SHOULDNT YOU?

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COME ON MARTIN, DONT BE LIKE THAT...

ITS LIKE YOURE DELIBERATELY TRYING TO **** ME OFF!

OH, HELLO CAROL OLIVIAS NOT HERE, SHES AT A BASKETBALL GAME...

COME ON IN THEN, I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME ABOUT...

HELLO CARMEN, I DIDNT COME TO SEE HER, I CAME TO SEE YOU... THE FOLLOWING DAY. HAVE YOU SEEN CAROLINA? H...HI OLIVIA... SH... SHE WAS PLAYING BASKETBALL...
WHATS THE MATTER?

CAROLINA!

EH, EH...

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WHAT THE **** DID YOU TELL MY MUM AND DAD?!

CALM DOWN OLIVIA...

CALM DOWN?! MY FOLKS ARE PACKING ME OFF TO IRELAND FOR THE WHOLE SUMMER!

AND JUST WHEN ID SORTED MY HOLIDAY OUT WITH MARTIN... YOURE RIGHT, IM SORRY, I SHOULDNT HAVE GONE TO YOUR FOLKS...

THE THING IS YOU DONT REALISE BUT YOURE NOT YOU ANYMORE, ITS LIKE YOUVE HAD A PERSONALITY TRANSPLANT...

THATS MY BUSINESS!! AND YOU SHOULD LEAVE OUT OF IT!

I TOLD YOU, YOURE MY FRIEND AND IM WORRIED ABOUT YOU...

WELL FROM NOW ON YOULL HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FINDING ANOTHER FRIEND TO PUT UP WITH YOUR STUPID IDEAS... IF EVERYTHINGS SO GREAT WITH HIM, WHY DONT YOU ASK HIM ABOUT LAST SATURDAY NIGHT?

HEY, THATS OUT OF ORDER...

YOUR PROBLEM IS THAT YOURRE SO JEALOUS YOU CANT STAND IT.

LAST SATURDAY? THEY WERE PLAYING AWAY...

ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT? WHY DONT YOU ASK HIM?

YOURE JUST NOT THE SAME ANYMORE OLIVIA, YOUVE LOST YOUR SPARK...

YOURE... YOURE LIKE THAT LITTLE DOG THAT LOOKED SO FRIGHTENED AT ITS OWNER...

THATS WHAT YOURE LIKE WHEN YOURE WITH MARTIN...

GO TO HELL!

NO WAY IS THAT LOVE...

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WHERE R U?

AT FTBLL, WHY?

WHAT HAPPENED LAST SATURDAY NIGHT, MARTIN? EH?

THERE WASNT A MATCH, WAS THERE?

WHO TOLD YOU THAT?!

WHOS GRASSED?!

SO ITS TRUE THEN?

THATS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU...

WHAT DO YOU MEAN ITS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME?! IM SUPPOSED TO TELL YOU EVERYTHING I DO! WHO IM WITH, WHERE IM GOING AND YOU JUST LIE TO ME!

OK, I LIED... WE WENT TO SETTLE A SCORE WITH THE GUYS FROM THE OTHER TEAM... ITS NO BIG DEAL...

BECAUSE GIRLS DONT UNDERSTAND THAT STUFF...

GOING AROUND PICKING FIGHTS?

I SEE, THE BRUISE WAS FROM THE FIGHT...

WHY DIDNT YOU TELL ME?

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WHATRE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

DO YOU THINK THATS GOT TO DO WITH BEING A GIRL?

LOOK IM GETTING FED UP WITH YOUR NONSENSE...

NOW TELL ME WHO GRASSED!

WHATRE YOU GONNA DO? SETTLE A SCORE WITH ME?

WELL IT WONT BE BECAUSE YOU DONT DESERVE IT...

TELL ME, WHO WAS IT? WHO TOLD YOU?

RAQUEL?

THE PAKI? CAROLINA?

OF COURSE, CAROLINA...

THAT ****STIRRER!

ILL TEACH HER A THING OR TWO!

CA... CAROL...

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YOURE LIKE THAT LITTLE DOG THAT LOOKED SO FRIGHTENED AT ITS OWNER

CAROL...

MARTN, NO!

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HUH!

NO!

ILL LET YOU GO THIS TIME...!

BUT NOT WITHOUT TEACHING YOU A LESSON...

OWWWW, MY HEAD...

ILL DEAL WITH YOU LATER...

YOU CAN STAY WITH YOUR WEIRDO FRIEND...

WEIRDO?

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ARE YOU ALRIGHT, CAROL?

THE FOLLOWING DAY.

WHAT DO WE DO IF HE GETS AGGRESSIVE?

THERE THEY ARE...

YEAH, BUT WHAT IF HE DOES? WELL WELL CALL THE POLICE, WONT WE?

YEAH, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEYRE ARGUING. HE WOULDNT DARE WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE AROUND.
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LOOK, I THINK MARTINS LEAVING...

YEP, COME ON...

HOW ARE YOU?

FINE, FINE I BROKE UP WITH HIM...

... FOR GOOD!

AND LOOK AT YOU! NOT A SINGLE TEAR!

WELL, IVE DONE ALL THE CRYING I NEEDED TO...

HE DOESNT DESERVE ANY MORE TEARS...

THANKS FOR BEING HERE FOR ME GUYS....

WERE YOUR MATES... YOU CANT GET RID OF US THAT EASILY.

ME TOO RAQUEL, ME TOO BUT I DIDNT WANT TO BE THAT LITTLE DOG....

WHATS THAT?

OH MY GOD, I WAS SO SCARED!

NOTHING, NOTHING, ILL TELL YOU SOME OTHER TIME...

SHALL WE GO AND HAVE A NICE RELAXING DRINK?

YOU GO, THERES STILL SOMETHING I NEED TO DO...

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ILL GET IT...

HELLO CAROL.

DONT CLOSE THE DOOR, PLEASE.

WHAT IS IT? IM NOT IN THE MOOD FOR ANY MORE SURPRISES...

IVE GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU...

TRUST ME... OPEN IT AND YOULL FIND OUT...

OLIVIA! BUT HOW?

WELL... UHM... I GOT A BIT WET...

BUT I THINK THATS ALL OF THEM, ISNT IT?

COME HERE YOU!

AND DONT WORRY ABOUT MARTIN... I DUMPED HIM FOR GOOD!

IVE LEARNT MY LESSON, CAROL! THANKS TO YOU...

GIVE ME ANOTHER HUG! YOURE SUCH A SOFTY! IVE JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING... IM GOING TO DO A COMIC STRIP ABOUT THIS STORY...
ILL CALL IT: HOOKED ON YOU.

THE END
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Survey on Equality and Prevention of Gender-based Violence in Adolescence at:

www.mspsi.es

Cristina Durn (1970) and Miguel ngel Giner Bou (1969) graduated in Fine Arts under the speciality of
Drawing from the San Carlos School of Fine Arts in Valencia (UPV). In 1993 they opened the LaGRUAestudio where they have been professionally engaged ever since in comics and editorial and advertising illustration. In 2009, Ediciones Sins Entido published its graphic novel UNA POSIBILIDAD ENTRE MIL. In March 2010 it was also published in French by the publishing house Dargaud under the title UNE CHANCE SUR UN MILLION. The novel was shortlisted for the National Comic Prize 2010 awarded by the Culture Ministry and in 2011 it won second prize in France in the 1er Trophe les Bds qui font la diffrence. www.lagruaestudio.com www.unaposibilidadentremil.com

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HOOKED ON YOU OLIVIA AND MARTIN'S STORY

It might seem made up, a cautionary tale rather than a true story, or something surreal and far off, as if real life had nothing to do with the pictures in the comic-strip or the characters with people we see every day on the metro or the bus. But I can assure you that Olivia and Martins story is real and the characters in it arent from another planet or a gment of someones imagination. The main characters could be any of those girls or boys you see each day around school or down at the local shopping centre. People you know, girls who fall for boys who seem lovely at rst, but who then start thinking they own the girl, that she belongs to himand they stop being lovely and turn violent... Taken from the foreword by Miguel Lorente Acosta Government Delegate for Gender-based Violence

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