Abuse Quote by Kirsten Powers

Women do not want power over men, they want power over themselves.

— Mary Wollstonecraft

Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story.

— Lincoln Steffens

Studies show that women seeking power tend to be punished for doing so, because it goes against cultural bias. Women are expected to be…

— Catherine Mayer

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.

— Lincoln Steffens

“In a patriarchal society like ours, says Horley, domestic violence will always be with us. “Women don’t even have equal pay. Girls are still…

— The Guardian

When women are in positions of power it's a hard place to be, especially when that position involves bossing men around.

— Alison Pill

In acknowledging woman-to-woman help it is important to recognize that power, within the family and elsewhere, can be used vindictively, and that it is…

— Sheila Kitzinger

We can decrease abuse and murder when we get that for both sexes, abuse does not derive from power, but powerlessness.

— Warren Farrell

Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.

— Anonymous

We don't often get to see women be powerful and not play the victim.

— Neve Campbell

Women must commit to use our power-to on our own behalf so we can translate it into the power to help others and ourselves.

— Gloria Feldt

Women deeply want men who are competent and powerful. And I don't mean power in that they can exert tyrannical control over others. That's…

— Jordan Peterson