When you're trapped in an abusive home environment you can feel completely hopeless and lost. Remember that situations can change with time,… — Reggie Yates Copy Share Image
Growing up, I thought my grandfather was dead. Later, I learned he was alive, but my family pretended he didn't exist because… — Deborah Pryce Copy Share Image
“You know you left a toxic person when you're smiling more, laughing louder, opportunities come flooding in, looking great, feeling great and… — Maria Lemmo Copy Share Image
Domestic violence and abuse are used for one purpose and one purpose only: to gain and maintain total control over you. An… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I admire the strength and courage of all young people faced with difficult situations in life. You are an inspiration to me… — Fearne Cotton Copy Share Image
I've met many lesbian, gay and trans activists who've told me what they face, sometimes even within the school gates: hate crime,… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
“My groundbreaking research shows that there's a spike in Domestic Violence during Mercury Retrograde. People can start observing this from as early… — Mitta Xinindlu Copy Share Image
The fantastic thing about 'Jasper Jones' is that although it's set in 1969, the themes are still so topical. We're still struggling… — Angourie Rice Copy Share Image
“I used to pray you know, pray to God that He would somehow stop it. All the nights of listening to my… — Emily Andrews Copy Share Image
“ALCOHOL HAS NO BIOLOGICAL CONNECTION TO ABUSE OR VIOLENCE Alcohol does not directly make people belligerent, aggressive, or violent. There is evidence… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“Statistically, domestic violence issues affected one in every four women and one in every six men and led on average to two… — Sarah Flint Copy Share Image
Domestic violence is often ignored as it usually happens behind closed doors and it can seem easier not to get involved. Yet,… — John Nettles 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
“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
“If you have survived an abuser, and you tried to make things right… If you forgave, and you struggled, and even if… — Jenna Brooks Copy Share Image
“Domestic violence – the warning signs Advertisement Common abusive behaviours set out in Power and Control: • Jealousy and possessiveness. • Humiliating… — The Guardian Copy Share Image
“What does War, Murder, Genocide, Violence, Abuse, Rape, Domestic Violence, Violence Against Women & Children Have In Common? Everything...they all help destroy… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
The key thing is to ensure that we give the criminal-justice system the tools it needs, so that women's rights are turned… — Jon Kyl Copy Share Image
“...a freeze response (dissociation, collapse, numbing, paralysis, deadness) during the incident that threatened your life or limb. Sometimes it's difficult for people… — Babette Rothschild Copy Share Image
Violence needs to stop. All of us - men and women - need to speak up and teach our children that violence… — Will Young Copy Share Image
“What are you going to do? Are you going to live in the dark, locked in here? Afraid to look out, answer… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
As an advocate to end violence against women, I have come to learn that the shame surrounding domestic violence is a barrier… — Rosario Dawson Copy Share Image
Domestic violence can be so easy for people to ignore, as it often happens without any witnesses and it is sometimes easier… — Honor Blackman Copy Share Image
Men must teach each other that real men do not violate or oppress women - and that a woman's place is not… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
The best protection against rape, stalking, and domestic violence is to raise men who both understand that women are different, and would… — Wendy Shalit 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
Like with all other crime, we must, of course, treat the perpetrators of these actions as the criminals they are. But unlike… — Letitia James Copy Share Image
“Even those who drink until blacking out, those who beat women, are not the exception, hopefully not the norm, trapped somewhere in… — Justin Donner 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
There can be no better measure of our governance than the way we treat our children, and no greater failing on our… — Jessica Lange Copy Share Image
... you don't have to wait for someone to treat you bad repeatedly. All it takes is once, and if they get… — Jane Green Copy Share Image
It is difficult to get Latina and Asian women to speak out. We must make it clear it's not their problem, it's… — Juanita Millender-McDonald 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 Violence Against Women Act protects the lives of tens of thousands of domestic violence victims. But the U.S. must also support… — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
My mother saw her mother... her father walked out when they were very young and it was a lot of, I'd say… — Kathy Hochul Copy Share Image
“I think we would understand misogyny and violence against women even better if we looked at the abuse of power as a… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I wanted to take part in the Women's Aid Real Man campaign because domestic violence affects so many women and children during… — Duncan Bannatyne Copy Share Image
Childhood depression tends to be more common in inner cities, being most frequently related to serious social deprivation, bullying, domestic violence, wartime… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
The most brutal form of domestic violence is the violence against unborn children, and this particular bill would prohibit abortions after the… — Joseph Fischer 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
