That's the thing about abuse - it can make the victim feel an overwhelming sense of shame, a shame so disabling that… — Jagmeet Singh Copy Share Image
“Why did I allow the abuse to continue? Even as a teenager? I didn’t. Something that had been plaguing me for years… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“In the 1980s, research on post traumatic stress disorder in Vietnam veterans was regarded as important, noble, and useful. When the same… — Patrick J. Carnes Copy Share Image
“I realized the preserving a relationship at all costs was not as important as affirming the human right to be free from… — Rebecca Ann Parker Copy Share Image
You can't read too much or if there's good articles about you, bad articles about you, you can't dive into them with… — Scott McTominay Copy Share Image
[Transsexual surgery] could be likened to political psychiatry in the Soviet Union. I suggest that transsexualism should best be seen in this… — Sheila Jeffreys Copy Share Image
We have come far, but there is an ongoing battle to be fought. Many of the issues the Suffragettes were dealing with… — Sarah Gavron Copy Share Image
I think it's child abuse to have someone in the public eye too young. Society basically values wealth and fame and power… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
When a person only knows abuse, they shift their whole emotional and spiritual life into the context of that abuse. If all… — Anohni Copy Share Image
Many survivors insist they're not courageous: 'If I were courageous I would have stopped the abuse.' 'If I were courageous, I wouldn't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Humans have a fraught relationship with beasts. They are our companions and our chattel, our family members and our laborers, our household… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
A lot of people who are actors and artists who work in Hollywood come from a background of abuse, and you can… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
Words may be either the servants or masters. If the former they may safely guide us in the way of truth. If… — George Horne 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
Craft brewers are committed to promoting the safe and moderate consumption of their beverage, and work closely with their communities to prevent… — Sherwood Boehlert Copy Share Image
“Evil ethicists are the holocaust of humanity; if philosophy can be the instant sunlight to their endless vampirism, it will save more… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
The recovery movementis not primarily addressed to people who always knew about their sexual victimization. Its main intendedaudience is women who aren't… — Frederick Crews Copy Share Image
It's the principle of it, I get a rush when I bust Some dope lines oral, that maybe somebody'll quote. That's what… — O.C Copy Share Image
“To those who abuse: the sin is yours, the crime is yours, and the shame is yours. To those who protect the… — Flora Jessop Copy Share Image
“Grief does not demand pity; It requests acknowledgement" - Jude Gibbs” — Jude Gibbs Copy Share Image
“In addition to reaching out for help, you will also need to reach within yourself. Your biggest ally will be your emotions.… — Beverly Engel Copy Share Image
If I can change the way one person thinks, then I am successful for I have created potential. — David DtK Smith Copy Share Image
I cannot stand the people who get wonderful starts in show business and who abuse it. Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen, for… — Betty White Copy Share Image