True, when my daughter was in high school I taught her all the time to have self respect and you are never obligated to stay in any relationship to "fix" someone who starts to get abusive to you. That happened to her a few times and when she did "bail" out at the start the abuser was not happy but she stuck it out and stood strong despite a need to get "even" with her.  One such "suiter" came over to the house, and just walked in looking for her, my husband took him by the arm and walked him to his truck and said, well, you can guess. The key is that the young woman has to know what her self worth is and what it means to be abused and she has to be the one not wanting to settle for such a relationship.  But some women are attracted to "bad" boys and how can you fix that?