“Madness, not just physical abuse, was the punishment for too much talk if you were female. Yet even as this fear of… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
We are behaving like people without compassion and love for the most vulnerable section of society. The children of the universe are… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
No one can doubt that the sufferings of the sober, virtuous woman, in legal subjection to the mastership of a drunken, immoral… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
There was no physical abuse or fighting in the home. . . I led a normal life . . . — Ted Bundy Copy Share Image
“If the most connected we’ve ever felt with another person was in that brief moment of apology and regret after physical abuse,… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
“The abuser’s mood changes are especially perplexing. He can be a different person from day to day, or even from hour to… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“There was nothing you could be sure about, it was all lies, and it was all done to mess with minds because… — Laurie Matthew 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
“She's claiming assault,verbal and physical abuse,and now that I know Kate's a lesbian, that explains the sexual abuse she tossed it." "I… — Nora Roberts 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 „pathogens“ (both chemical and behavioral) can influence how you turn out; these include substance abuse by a mother during pregnancy, maternal… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
“Over the years our mother has beaten us with belts, shoes, rulers, extension cords, hair brushes, a wooden spoon, a fly swatter,… — Bob Thurber Copy Share Image
“Mental cruelty, nondisfiguring physical abuse or just plain unhappiness are rarely considered grounds on which a woman can seek divorce.” — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
Viktor Frankl said the Concentration camp survivalist said no matter how much mental or physical abuse had been given nobody could cause… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone. — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
“Has he ever trapped you in a room and not let you out? Has he ever raised a fist as if he… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
Physical aggression by a man toward his partner is abuse, even if it happens only once. — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“Women may come to the recovery process to "fix" their relationships, but what they end up learning is how to rescue and… — Carol A Lambert Copy Share Image
“There certainly are some women who treat their male partners badly, berating them, calling them names, attempting to control them. The negative… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“It makes perfect sense that if human beings are raised in warm, loving households; if they are brought up to believe that… — Harold Schechter Copy Share Image
“The story of my birth that my mother told me went like this: "When you were coming out I wasn't ready yet… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
