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
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
“The human need to be visible is countered by the need to be invisible to avoid further abuse, and the need for… — Christiane Sanderson Copy Share Image
Whenever I talk to survivors [of a domestic abuse relationship] who have lived through that and are on the other side and… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
“How I wish, how fervently I ache, to take my mother's hand, kiss her check,tell her I love her, and watch her… — M.J. Burke Sr Copy Share Image
“Above all, he loathed men who beat women; for, real men didn’t exercise their strength on frail creatures, they joined the army… — A. H. Septimius 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
“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
“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
“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
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
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
“The bottom line is this: "Married women are notably safer than their unmarried peers, and girls raised in a home with their… — Greenhaven Press 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
“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
“***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
“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
“Many of the seminal social issues of our time - poverty, lack of education, human trafficking, war and torture, domestic abuse -… — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
“When Bill Burke asked my mother out, she experienced the unluckiest day of her life. Diana (to become my high school sweetheart-and… — M.J. Burke Sr Copy Share Image
Domestic violence causes far more pain than the visible marks of bruises and scars. It is devastating to be abused by someone… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
But whether you stay or go, the critical decision you can make is to stop letting your partner distort the lens of… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“I can no longer stay quiet in this world, I have a voice and I feel it reverberate off my internal walls,… — Elin Stebbins Waldal 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
I had the privilege of hearing incredibly brave women standing up to tell their stories - harrowing stories that reduced many of… — Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall 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
“When a woman is convinced that she can stop the violence in her marriage, her stubborn determination feeds her sense of failure… — Susan Weitzman Copy Share Image
“I remember I wanted to get away; I wanted to run. I couldn't stand any more. But I didn't want to run.… — Roddy Doyle 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
“to have poor shame tolerance. They learned in childhood to manage feelings of inadequacy by adopting unhealthy coping mechanisms to forestall or… — Bandy X Lee Copy Share Image
“Sexual and domestic abuse are already romanticized in mainstream media without critical social commentary, if there is any commentary at all. Horror… — Christy Leigh Stewart Copy Share Image
“When a man starts my program, he often says, “I am here because I lose control of myself sometimes. I need to… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“He was bad with me too, but it was a little more random. If the phone rang and woke him up, he'd… — Emily Henry 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
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