Control, Passion and Possession: Love as a Space of Violence in Adolescence Aragón García, María Victoria Lozano Martín, Antonio Manuel romantic love teenagers violence Adolescence is a time of elation and sublime emotions which are also reflected in partner relationships, within a context characterised by materialism and social structures in which gender relations are affected by the domination/subordination model. This paper analyses the affectivesexual relationships of adolescents as a place of violence, power relations, domination and submission. It also studies the importance of social networks in their way of interacting and learning. The methodology used was, on the one hand, the review of bibliographic material regarding romance, partner relationships, gender violence and using of networks, and, on the other hand, the analysis of the results obtained from two studies carried out by the University of Granada, with quantitative and qualitative information on adolescents in Andalusia. The results of this research indicate that relationships are permeated by the idealisation of romantic love and by stereotypes leading to practices of control and possession. 2024-11-05T12:30:38Z 2024-11-05T12:30:38Z 2024-10-24 journal article Aragón García, M.V. & Lozano Martín, A.M. Social Sciences 13: 572. [https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13110572] https://hdl.handle.net/10481/96670 10.3390/socsci13110572 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional MDPI