“The only person that deserves a special place in your life is someone that never made you feel like you were an… — Shannon L. Alder 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
The only time a lady should be in a hospital because of a man is because of giving birth, not because of… — Ong Lor Copy Share Image
Abortion is a worse moral scandal than priests sexually abusing young people. — George Pell Copy Share Image
“Emotional abuse is just as bad as physical abuse. Worse! You can heal broken bones; you can't heal a broken mind.” — Dia Reeves Copy Share Image
There was no physical abuse or fighting in the home. . . I led a normal life . . . — Ted Bundy 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
“If love breaks more than a heart, maybe it's a sign and time to step out.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
“. . . the sole aim of Okinawa Karate is to teach A person to handle violence and violent individuals; whether it… — Soke Behzad Ahmadi Copy Share Image
It's just like Michael Jordan and the Detroit Pistons. They tried to take out the best player. Try to put as much… — Justin Jefferson Copy Share Image
What makes Jessica Jones series so unique is that it really is an allegory for many different types of abuse, whether it… — Rachael Taylor 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
The photographs of Iraqi prisoners being subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by their captors, and the reports of acts of sexual… — Ed Markey Copy Share Image
“No amount of me trying to explain myself was doing any good. I didn't even know what was going on inside of… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I got married at 22 and remained in an abusive marriage for 10 years. I made up my mind that that was… — Joyce Banda 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
“First you try to find a reason, try to understand what you've done so wrong so you can be sure not to… — Helen Oyeyemi 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
“According to an article, Sibling Abuse and Bullying: The Hidden Epidemic on Psychology Today by Darlene Lancer, “Often labeled rivalry and ignored,… — Dana Arcuri CTRC Copy Share Image
We tend to think of racism as this interpersonal verbal or physical abuse, when in truth, that is only one way that… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
“In this book we paint an unprecedented portrait of Britain’s first ‘false memory’ retraction and show that, like other ‘false memory’ cases… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share Image
“How do we find words for describing levels of betrayal and emotional, physical, sexual and spiritual torture that fragment and destroy a… — Valerie Sinason 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
The travesty of slavery wasn't physical abuse. It was the moral abuse of looking at a human being as if they are… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
“Life is full of challenges. In the end it's getting up that pulls us through the dark day's. So that we can… — Azelene Williams Copy Share Image
“I've learned that verbal abuse can be just as damaging as physical abuse and take longer to heal from.” — Jaycee Dugard Copy Share Image
“Intimidated, old traumas triggered, and fearing for my safety, I did what I felt I needed to do.” — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
Physical aggression by a man toward his partner is abuse, even if it happens only once. — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
Training with Bela and Marta Karolyi took the joy out of the Olympics for me. I look back and feel there was… — Dominique Moceanu 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
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
“The dog leash was still tied tight around the oak tree in the back, stretched worn and limp across the green grass… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
“John was still making comments regarding violent things that he shouldn't, but I hoped he was just being a big mouth. Nobody… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“…is methodical abuse, often using indoctrination, aimed at breaking the will of another human being. In a 1989 report, the Ritual Abuse… — Chrystine Oksana Copy Share Image
“One year later the society claimed victory in another case which again did not fit within the parameters of the syndrome, nor… — Trouble and Strife 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
Kids are told there are no differences between boys and girls. They are told there is no such thing ultimately as right… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image