“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
“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
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
“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
“Hit me again, and I'll report you to the authorities. Follow me to my bed one more time, and I swear to… — Kien Nguyen Copy Share Image
Since my arrival in Congress in 2005, I have regularly introduced legislation to bring greater awareness to the dangerous situation that domestic… — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
Over the years, I have been privileged to meet many women, men and children who have escaped domestic abuse and who are… — Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall Copy Share Image
“Last night I dreamt Moses and I were rowing underwater. We could breathe and talk to one another. We rowed past schools… — J. Dylan Yates Copy Share Image
There's a ripple effect in being underpaid for women. Ten thousand women are turned down every day for domestic abuse shelters. Part… — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
It feels as if childhood sexual abuse or domestic abuse of women in the home has increased but actually if you ask… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“My mother's story continues to haunt me, it will until the day I die. My guilt and personal anguish is a good… — M.J. Burke Sr Copy Share Image
If you add up all the forms of genocide, from female infanticide and genital mutilation to so-called honor crimes, sex trafficking, and… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“When people conclude that anger causes abuse, they are confusing cause and effect. Ray was not abusive because he was angry; he… — Lundy Bancroft 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
“THE MYTHS ABOUT ABUSERS 1. He was abused as a child. 2. His previous partner hurt him. 3. He abuses those he… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
The worst way of oppression involve exploitation of children, preying on vulnerability, denying others the right to live safely, and denying people… — Alice Glass Copy Share Image
“It is important to note that research has shown that men who have abusive mothers do not tend to develop especially negative… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“Violent men, and men in authority over violent men, and the broader public that authorises those men, are not yet shamed by… — Lee Lakeman Copy Share Image
“To any survivor who may be doubting whether what they’ve experienced is truly abuse, remember that emotional, verbal, and psychological abuse will… — Shahida Arabi Copy Share Image
“The abuser does not believe, however, that his level of authority over the children should be in any way connected to his… — Lundy Bancroft Bancroft 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
“As more brands and corporations hurried to hop on the #MeToo train, they changed their messaging to raise awareness about issues concerning… — Kelly Loudenberg Copy Share Image
“Divinely sanctioned wife-beating “There is no basis in Islamic theology to support domestic abuse of any kind,” declared Qanta A. Ahmed, author… — Robert Spencer 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
“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
“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
“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
I want people to realize that the domestic abuse charges happened in 1989. I didn't meet any of them until 1993. — Kato Kaelin Copy Share Image
“She looks in the mirror seems vaguely familiar like steam on the glass shame covers her past the fog slithers down as… — Diana Rasmussen 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
“Your husband's abuse of you feels "normal" to him. A goal of a abuser treatment program is to teach a healthier normal… — Caroline Abbott 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
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
