“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
“When others witness or comment on abusive behaviors, the little voice that the upscale abused wife once heard inside her and ignored… — Susan Weitzman Copy Share Image
“Before I can give myself to another I first must give me to myself. Once I know the value of self, I… — Elizabeth Cook-Howard Copy Share Image
“I have sometimes said to a client: “If you are so in touch with your feelings from your abusive childhood, then you… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“One of the obstacles to recognizing chronic mistreatment in relationships is that most abusive men simply don’t seem like abusers. They have… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“He loved me and he beat me. I loved him and I took it. It's as simple as that, and as stupid… — Roddy Doyle Copy Share Image
I know victims of domestic abuse. I know what it takes for people to get out, and I also know why people… — Paddy Considine Copy Share Image
“It is fine to commiserate with a man about his bad experience with a previous partner, but the instant he uses her… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
Never believe a man's claim that he has to harm his partner in order to protect her; only abusers think this way. — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
An abuser can seem emotionally needy. You can get caught in a trap of catering to him, trying to fill a bottomless… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
Within the media, the way that women are portrayed - especially young women - sometimes there is a lot of sexual objectification… — Georgina Campbell Copy Share Image
People always think that domestic abuse is something that you live with and get over. But no. You have mental scars. — Michel'le Copy Share Image
“When a man’s face contorts in bitterness and hatred, he looks a little insane. When his mood changes from elated to assaultive… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“Everybody's good when they're good, darling. You don't judge a person by that. It's how they act when things aren't good that… — Megan Jacobson Copy Share Image
“Children have rights outside their mother's womb without having to be victim's of Domestic Violence inside their mother's womb.” — Sheree' Gay Copy Share Image
What happens to people living in a society where everyone in power is lying, stealing, cheating and killing, and in our hearts… — Inga Muscio Copy Share Image
Universal background checks and closing existing loopholes can prevent prohibited purchasers, such as convicted felons, the dangerously mentally ill and domestic abusers… — John Fetterman Copy Share Image
“The cause of their behaviors is low self-worth, which leads them to have poor shame tolerance. They learned in childhood to manage… — Bandy X Lee Copy Share Image
“... but in the depths of their hearts, in that true and ultimate depth which is revealed to no one, there remained… — Ivo Andrić Copy Share Image
“The abuser’s mood changes are especially perplexing. He can be a different person from day to day, or even from hour to… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
I joined the 'Celebri-tee campaign' and customized what is negatively known as a 'wife beater' to raise awareness about domestic abuse and… — Eve Torres Copy Share Image
“As tears fall from her face she begins to sway Love shouldn't hurt this way.” — Diana Rasmussen Copy Share Image
“IN ONE IMPORTANT WAY, an abusive man works like a magician: His tricks largely rely on getting you to look off in… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it… — Gabrielle Giffords Copy Share Image
