Abuse Quote by Lundy Bancroft

“A man cannot be exactly the way he wants to be and also dream of keeping his wife”

— Manu Joseph

First the husband tried to make the wife his possession, and once she is a possession he loses interest. There is some hidden logic…

— Anonymous

“he saw his marriage becoming what most of the other marriages about him were: a dull association of material and social interests held together…

— Edith Wharton

“He should in humility have asked her why it was that he was naturally a cuckold, why two women of different temperaments and characters…

— William Trevor

“While contemplating an affair with a married man, women must ascertain his treatment of his own wife”

— BS Murthy

“In patriarchy, the female is not only seen as property—first her father’s, then husband’s—her sexual sanctity and propriety become central to these men’s izzat,…

— Namit Arora

“When a man takes a woman as his property, it’s not about owning her,” he continues, eyes searching my face. “It’s about trusting her.…

— Joanna Wylde

“All his life he has avoided permanent intimacy. Till this war he has been a better lover than husband. He has been a man…

— Michael Ondaatje

“Most wives fuck their husbands, just to ensure financial support. Marriage is just a form of legalized prostitution, when you really thought about it.”

— K. Syrah

“He tries to remind himself that there is no reason he should feel guilty about being bound by one woman who is becoming entranced…

— Ella Frank

“When a man takes a woman as his property, it’s not about owning her,” he continued, eyes searching my face. “It’s about trusting her.…

— Joanna Wylde

“A man who respects his wife, does not sleep with other women. And a woman who respects herself does not allow her husband to…

— Courtney Giardina