Sadomasochiasm - which we know very well doesn't exist in societies that don't have child abuse - is regarded some sort of… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“With no other choice, I'd submitted to the will of our prophet and had married my nineteen-year-old first cousin.” — Elissa Wall Copy Share Image
“When they begin to feel that others don’t love them, they already consider their worth and consider that they are not worth… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“They illustrate that since no one really loves or cares for them, why should they love or care for themselves?” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“The abuser wants the victim to be confounded. They do not require the victim to see undoubtedly nor see things for what… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“when these little ones don’t receive the love, they need in their homes, they seek attention outside.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“After all, life is a voyage, and you cannot start out this voyage all over once more. You need to be in… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Though, the type of abuse differs from each individual, all survivors of child abuse deal with a certain extent of trauma, consciously… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“While my sister and I were reminded we did not cause this pain, it was knowing that because we broke our silence… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t some mysterious adverse personality trait that comprises of who I am, it unquestionably had a source - A cradle of… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“A person raised in a healthy family is equipped to live a confident and independent life; someone from an unhealthy family is… — Christina Enevoldsen Copy Share Image
I hope, by being honest about what happened to me, to help nourish a culture of honesty that might make something different… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
“Amnesia, which is a loss of memory, is a symptom of many different trauma and/or dissociative disorders, including PTSD, Dissociative Fugue, Dissociative… — Ruth A. Lanius Copy Share Image
“Even if I had friends or people around me it did not matter anymore, I always felt isolated and unique from all… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
Child abuse is one of those issues that's very difficult to talk about because it's surrounded by guilt and shame and so… — Chris Hemsworth Copy Share Image
Kid's heads are filled with so many nonfacts that when they get out of school they're totally unprepared to do anything. They… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
“No Child of Yours I saw a child hide in the corner So I went and asked her name She was so… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People are more willing to talk about child abuse. When this whole McMartin thing went down, I was at a dinner party… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
“Being in a state of denial is a universally human response to situations which threaten to overwhelm. People who were abused as… — Sarah E. Olson Copy Share Image
“Have you ever felt as if your dreams were more memorable, more alive, than what you knew to be reality? Have your… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I am disgusted that I was often taken into their bed and told to do things to both of them. The things… — Carolyn Ainscough Copy Share Image
“Two other highly vocal FMSF Advisory Board members are Dr Elizabeth Loftus and Professor Richard Ofshe. Loftus is a respected academic psychologist… — Valerie Sinason Copy Share Image
“Chronic trauma (according to the meaning I propose) that occurs early in life has profound effects on personality development and can lead… — Elizabeth F. Howell Copy Share Image
“Forced motherhood results in bringing miserable children into the world, children whose parents cannot feed them, who become victims of public assistance… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
I am persuaded that 'child abuse' is no exaggeration when used to describe what teachers and priests are doing to children whom… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
You think about child abuse and you think of a father viciously attacking a daughter or a son, but in my family… — Lynn Johnston Copy Share Image
Growing up in bars might sound like child abuse. And if it does, then you're what my mom would call 'Protestants.' — Rory O'Malley Copy Share Image
“Abused children often learn to block out their pain, for it is too distressing. Since it’s not possible to block emotions selectively,… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“No amount of me trying to explain myself was doing any good. I didn't even know what was going on inside of… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
If circumcision has any justification AT ALL, it should be medical only. Parents' religion is the worst of all reasons - pure… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
We also want to make sure Penn State becomes a national leader in this whole area of child abuse prevention and treatment. — Rodney Erickson Copy Share Image
“Something as simple as sitting next to a lonely girl on a park bench may be enough to deter predators.” — Jessica Marie Baumgartner Copy Share Image
“An abused child never feels safe, growing up. The wrong that this child has gone through can never be seen or easily… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“I would look and thirst for real love in all the wrong places and it was taken advantage of by all the… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
Judges make tough decisions on child abuse, divorce, property disputes, drunk driving, domestic violence and other issues that should be free from… — Roy Cooper Copy Share Image
THE most widespread form of child abuse in the United States is parents sending children to the government to be educated. — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
“Child Abuse is...the mean and terrible things you do to a child...knowing that you can never get away with doing the same… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
It's important to talk about it. You raise awareness. But you can also prevent it (child abuse) by not letting it be… — Chris Witty Copy Share Image
“Overcoming abuse doesn't just happen, It takes positive steps everyday. Let today be the day you start to move forward.” — Assunta Harris Copy Share Image
To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation - is that good for the world? — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
