This is about saving children's lives. It is not about agencies and services protecting themselves. — Rosie Batty Copy Share Image
Judges make tough decisions on child abuse, divorce, property disputes, drunk driving, domestic violence and other issues that should be free from… — Roy Cooper Copy Share Image
We have to promote human solidarity, avoid indifference, and play a part with society in the solution of the problem of violence... — Shakira Copy Share Image
I wonder if this guy got his giant belt buckle before or after his third domestic violence charge... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We’d like to believe that by discussing what has occurred will change things. Until now, here’s a mental illness that must be… — Benjamin Janey Copy Share Image
“If you lived with domestic violence when you were young, you no longer have to live with the effects today.” — Brian F. Martin Copy Share Image
“Another reason abusers don’t want to give up the ‘power’ is that they don’t want to give up the power.” — Sara Niles Copy Share Image
For too many women pregnancy is just the start of loneliness and abuse. It is a cruel reality. — Fay Ripley 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
“Thomas was like a drug, so smooth and overwhelming that he took one up a level in their emotions just by watching… — Sara Niles Copy Share Image
Domestic violence refers to acts of violence (physical, sexual, emotional and psychological) that occur between people who have, or have had, an… — Anonymous 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
I am not only overwhelmed with excitement to be back in the seat but also to show my support to help raise… — Amber Cope Copy Share Image
Domestic violence was a way of life in my home growing up, my brother and I watched helplessly numerous times as my… — Troy Vincent Copy Share Image
I wanted to take part in this campaign because it's so easy to forget the many women who live their lives in… — Ian Somerhalder Copy Share Image
“In the vast majority of cases (83 percent), landlords who received a nuisance citation for domestic violence responded by either evicting the… — Matthew Desmond 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
“The central attitudes driving Rambo are: Strength and aggressiveness are good; compassion and conflict resolution are bad. Anything that could be even… — Lundy 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
Russian law on banning nontraditional relationships basically says you cannot have any portrayal, neutral or positive, of homosexual relationships or nontraditional families,… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
“The class, on the other hand, buzzed and hummed with the anticipated pleasure of writing it up, one day. They were vindicated.… — A.S. Byatt 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
“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
“Alcohol does not a change a person’s fundamental value system. People’s personalities when intoxicated, even though somewhat altered, still bear some relationship… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
I think the NFL needs a more stringent policy when it comes to domestic violence. Make the punishment work. — Booger McFarland Copy Share Image
Victims of domestic violence need assistance and deserve justice, I commend the crime unit's efforts to put offenders behind bars and reach… — Bob Riley Copy Share Image
Luke was a little boy in a growing body that felt pain and sadness and fear for his mum, and he always… — Rosie Batty Copy Share Image
What I want people to take from this is that it isn't simple. People judge you, people tell you what you should… — Rosie Batty Copy Share Image
The thing about secrets is they keep you in a prison. Once you share, WHOOSH, there is a release. — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Domestic violence is an epidemic, and yet we don't address it. Until it happens to celebrities. — Nelsan Ellis 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
“legal emancipation remains an empty shell if it does not include public services, social housing, and funding to ensure that women can… — Nancy Fraser Copy Share Image
Young men need to show women the respect they deserve and recognize sexual assault and to do their part to stop it. — Barack Obama 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
“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
If [George] Zimmerman had been arrested for domestic violence, Trayvon Martin might still be alive. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
The effects of abuse are devastating and far-reaching. Domestic violence speaks many languages, has many colours and lives in many different communities. — Sandra Pupatello Copy Share Image
“From here onwards, the old adage "may you live in interesting times" shall be regarded as the casting of a curse!!” — A.E. Samaan Copy Share Image
'Honour'-based violence is a form of domestic violence. Domestic violence is a broad category. — Deeyah Khan Copy Share Image
I never want anyone to be sitting where I'm sitting and to have lost their son, because I can never get Luke… — Rosie Batty Copy Share Image