“She could just pack up and leave, but she does not visualize what's beyond ahead.” — Núria Añó Copy Share Image
“As tears fall from her face she begins to sway Love shouldn't hurt this way.” — Diana Rasmussen Copy Share Image
We have to tighten our gun laws and keep guns out of the hands of criminals, the mentally ill, and domestic abusers. — Richard Cordray 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
“She counts the tiles on the cold bathroom floor lays her secrets out like stones square by square tile by tile she… — Diana Rasmussen Copy Share Image
“Smothered by control a tormented soul trapped in his castle Her tears rolling mist proof she exists in Snow White Darkness.” — Diana Rasmussen Copy Share Image
“Any man who discourages a mom from breastfeeding their newborn baby is probably abusive to the said woman and would later channel… — Mitta Xinindlu Copy Share Image
“Domestic abuse, also called intimate partner violence, is the systematic suffocation of another person's spirit.” — Joanna Hunter 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
“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
Violent behavior predicts violent behavior. Obviously not every domestic abuser will become a terrorist. If somebody is prone to violence, and also… — Masha Gessen 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
“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
“He told me that if I hung up, he'd do it. He would commit suicide. He told me that if I called… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
From what I've been told, the scariest part of being part of a domestic abuse relationship is the idea that you cannot… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
Domestic violence does not only happen to adults. Forty percent of girls age 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age who… — Dianne Feinstein 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
Domestic abuse happens only in intimate, interdependent, long-term relationships - in other words, in families - the last place we would want… — Leslie Morgan Steiner Copy Share Image
“It is not a single crime when a child is photographed while sexually assaulted (raped.) It is a life time crime that… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“We don’t necessarily know how to hear stories about any kind of violence, because it is hard to accept that violence is… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“Although the typical abusive man works to maintain a positive public image, it is true that some women have abusive partners who… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“Our wings were clipped, our restrictions were made, our boundaries were tested but now we are free, aren’t we? We look above… — Jennifer Gilmour Copy Share Image
“Some women chose to embody this new form of physical empowerment & transformed their words into actions. Exhibition boxer Minnie Rosenblatt Besser… — Wendy L. Rouse Copy Share Image
“Today I wore a pair of faded old jeans and a plain grey baggy shirt. I hadn't even taken a shower, and… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
We all like to think that if we were the victims of domestic abuse we'd up and leave - but it's not… — Kate Thornton Copy Share Image
Physical aggression by a man toward his partner is abuse, even if it happens only once. If he raises a fist; punches… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“For the Wife Beater's Wife With blue irises her face is blossomed. Blue Circling to yellow, circling to brown on her cheeks.… — Bruce Weigl Copy Share Image
“This one girl here, Devon, she’s from Detroit. She’s brand-new too. One day I was about to leave to the grocery store,… — Asa Akira Copy Share Image
“Consider these traditional theories of domestic abuse: - Learned helplessness suggest that abused women learn to become helpless under abusive conditions; they… — Susan Weitzman Copy Share Image
“In the 1890s, when Freud was in the dawn of his career, he was struck by how many of his female patients… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“Once this bubble of self-deception is burst and the mask that shielded her and others from what she wished to ignore is… — Susan Weitzman Copy Share Image
“To make matters worse, everyone she talks to has a different opinion about the nature of his problem and what she should… — Lundy Bancroft 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
“***CALL FOR SUBMISSION*** Not asking for any money, I'm asking you to do what you do best. I am putting together a… — Andrew Scorah Copy Share Image
“To tell a tale so great as to tear the soul inside out" Sara Niles, Torn From the Inside Out” — Sara Niles Copy Share Image
“Most women take commitment seriously and put in heroic efforts to make things work.” — Robin Parry Copy Share Image
