Abuse Quote by Gloria Steinem

Sadomasochism is an institutionalized celebration of dominant/subordinate relationships. And, it prepares us either to accept subordination or to enforce dominance. Even in play, to…

— Audre Lorde

“The abnegation of empathy in the case of something as complex and variable as sexual taste is a dangerous thing. The particular misfortune of…

— Derren Brown

“We experience specific traumas that affect us profoundly. And we are living amidst institutional standards, family systems and normative practices that perpetuate sexual violence,…

— Caffyn Jesse

“The data on organised abuse has been simplified or distorted in an attempt force it to conform to mechanical psychological models of dissociative obedience…

— Michael Salter

“Child sexual abuse teaches us lessons about power- who has it and who doesn't. These lessons, experienced on a bodily level, transfer into the…

— Joanna Kadi

“The most important thing in defining child sexual abuse is the experience of the child. It takes very little for a child’s world to…

— Laura Hough

An ever-widening definition of abuse can incite a culture of fear and complaint: encouraging teachers and girls to name and shame could mean labelling…

— Claire Fox

Millions of couples out there practiced the art of sadomasochism every day, without even realizing it. They went to work, came back, complained about…

— Paulo Coelho

“Sometimes I hesitate to use the term sexual abuse. It conjures up worst-case scenarios in our minds, and we think, "That will never happen…

— Carolyn Byers Ruch

“A third emotional source of the defense forces is the sadistic conception of sexuality that the children of all patriarchal cultural circles acquire in…

— Wilhelm Reich

“It was that culture of denial that allowed my abuse to take place to start with. Did you know that it wasn't until 1984…

— Carolyn Spring

“Frosh (2002) has suggested that therapeutic spaces provide children and adults with the rare opportunity to articulate experiences that are otherwise excluded from the…

— Michael Salter