No one deserves to be beaten, talked down to and controlled... Stop the Violence! — YaPrecia Copy Share Image
Physical aggression by a man toward his partner is abuse, even if it happens only once. — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
My wife and I run a foundation where we deal with domestic violence. — Guy Sebastian Copy Share Image
If you want to cut crime, if you want to end homelessness, you have to deal with sexual violence, sexual harassment, and… — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
The time when domestic violence is the most lethal is when the person is trying to leave the situation. — Julie Johnston Copy Share Image
“These secrets are not secrets per se but are truths hidden from public view. I had to write this book. There had… — Rebecca Allard Copy Share Image
“His hands struck her any hour of the day, like hands that strike a clock, whether early, whether late; they strike, they… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I… — La'Porsha Renae Copy Share Image
The only thing worse than domestic violence or abuse is being accused of it when you haven't done it. — Joy Taylor Copy Share Image
I want to tell people that family violence happens to anybody, no matter how nice your house is, no matter how intelligent… — Rosie Batty Copy Share Image
It's a subject that is often hidden and very secretive, but it's something which I feel should have a light shone upon… — Fern Britton Copy Share Image
I represent an affluent district, but when I worked to form my county's first battered-women's shelter, some nights there were no beds… — Lynn Woolsey Copy Share Image
“When we hear these kinds of excuses from a drunk, we assume they are exactly that—excuses. We don’t consider an active alcoholic… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
After I became an attorney, the mother of two girls I'd known in high school came to see me. She'd endured years… — Harry Reid Copy Share Image
“No, you cannot beat your wife. No, you cannot hit your sister. No you cannot use abusive language to any woman (or… — Heena Rathore P Copy Share Image
“I recognized the words "domestic violence" because the Japanese use the same words, only with blockier pronunciation. " Domesuchikku baiorensu". I think… — Tim Rogers Copy Share Image
“NEVER EVER STAY IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR CHILDREN. That is the worst thing one can ever do.… — RACHITHA CABRAL Copy Share Image
Recently, I was in Africa monitoring elections when right on the street, this guy started beating a woman. I got out of… — Barbara Lee Copy Share Image
“I am living in hell from one day to the next. But there is nothing I can do to escape. I don't… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“YOUR ABUSIVE PARTNER DOESN’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIS ANGER; HE HAS A PROBLEM WITH YOUR ANGER. One of the basic human… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“But I’m not the one digging her grave; I didn’t open her hole in the earth when I drove away that night… — Swati Avasthi Copy Share Image
“The abusive man’s high entitlement leads him to have unfair and unreasonable expectations, so that the relationship revolves around his demands. His… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was constantly reminded to not to air our family's dirty laundry. Part of why domestic violence is allowed to… — Kambri Crews Copy Share Image
“Our society needs criminals like Wolfgang Priklopil in order to give a face to the evil that lives within and to split… — Natascha Kampusch Copy Share Image
When I was going through the stuff with my dad and thinking about terms like restraining order and domestic violence, I was… — Chelsea Martin Copy Share Image
“Consider my life before I moved in with Mamaw. In the middle of third grade, we left Middletown and my grandparents to… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
“We live in a world in which women are battered and are unable to flee from the men who beat them, although… — Natascha Kampusch Copy Share Image
“My hands twitch as they tremble and every nerve and muscle in my body is frozen—numb.” — J. Kahele Copy Share Image
“As tears fall from her face she begins to sway Love shouldn't hurt this way.” — Diana Rasmussen Copy Share Image
It is impossible to correct abuses unless we know that theyre going on. — Julian Assange Copy Share Image