The Sexual Violence Centre Cork says it's vital that young women realise that their partner's abusive and controlling behaviour is not something they have to put up with.
The group were speaking after Women's Aid released a new report which found that over 90% of 20,000 young people surveyed had been threatened with the release of intimate images by their partners during an argument.
Described as 'shocking' by Women's Aid, the results also found that almost three quarters of women aged 18 to 25 said their partner goes through their phone and demands to know their password.
Women's Aid say they hope to see increased education about unhealthy relationships happening from an early age.
Speaking to RedFM News, Mary Crilly from the Sexual Violence Centre Cork says she's very concerned about the almost normalisation of abusive behaviour among young people in Ireland.
"When people are having relationships like this as kind of teenagers, this normalises it, so these young girls really think just as how people behave, this is okay, that it's okay for 92% threatened with the images, it's okay for 72% to hit them at least once and it's okay for 69% to force them to for some sexual activity that they've no interest in, and that's very concerning.
"This is happening to girls but the boys are feeling entitled to do this. So we need to talk to both, and look at why do they think they're entitled to this."
