Defining Quote by Katherine Dunn

Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be victimized by it.

— Andrea Dworkin

Men view life to be as precious as women do, and to say that men have a more violent nature is insulting to men.

— Tammy Duckworth

A man who is violent to his woman, with or without provocation is less than a man; and a woman who deliberately provokes a…

— Tia Nnebo

Only the violent acts of men "count" toward something besides evil in a patriarchy. It is the male story of violence that is sanctioned…

— Lidia Yuknavitch

Women and girls, men and boys all share the right to live free of violence, which is, unfortunately, experienced by both men and women.…

— Nazanin Boniadi

I've never seen a world where only men were responsible for the violence, and the women were innocent. They go together. Men and women…

— Claire Denis

“In a world dominated by violent and passive-aggressive men, and by male institutions dispensing violence, it is extraordinary to note how often women are…

— Adrienne Rich

In a perverse way, it's very patriarchal to think that women can't be malicious or violent.

— Jim Goad

“Violence against women is the last refuge of disgusting immoral men.”

— Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann

It's a bad thing that happens to women, but when you look at that term 'violence against women,' nobody is doing it to them.…

— Jackson Katz

The United Nations defines violence against women as any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual…

— Anonymous

Nonviolent actions are by their nature androgynous. In them the two impulses that have long been treated as distinct, 'masculine' and 'feminine,' the impulse…

— Barbara Deming