This study was conducted to understand the life experiences and meanings of two women who experienced dating sexual violence. The narrative inquiry was used to understand the individual life experiences of dating sexual violence. In-depth interviews for six to eight times per each participant were conducted with two study participants, The data collection period was from March to August 2021. Data collection and analysis were carried out in five stages: “entering the field,” “moving from the field to the field text,” “writing the field text,” “from the field text to the research text,” and “writing the research text.” As a result of the study, the meanings of dating sexual violence were as follows; ‘Family: People who are trapped in an open cage’, ‘Loneliness: It Hurts more than violence’, ‘Violence: Unverbalized but existential’, ‘Trace: A scar on the heart,’ and ‘Stability: Living as me.’ This study is significant in that it has deeply grasped the experience of dating sexual violence through individual narratives. The results of this study will be used as basic data for education and counseling intervention in the prevention of dating sexual violence.
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