Amount Quote by Meda Chesney-Lind

Girls often feel very powerless in their lives and their families, and they kind of mimic the male violence as a way to try…

— Meda Chesney-Lind

There is a condition into which many young women fall. They attach themselves to violent men. They forgive any mistreatment. They think it love;…

— Jed Rubenfeld

“That these girls avoid use of physical violence in resolving conflict, does not mean that these conflicts are resolved in meaningful and enduring ways.…

— Phyllis Chesler

Why do girls always feel like they have to apologize for giving an opinion or taking up space in the world? Have you ever…

— Libba Bray

“Why do girls always feel like they have to apologize for giving an opinion or taking up space in the world?”

— Libba Bray

And girls need cold anger. They need the cold simmer, the ceaseless grudge, the talent to avoid forgiveness, the side stepping of compromise. They…

— Gregory Maguire

A lot of the times, what girls go through when they're growing up gets minimized. 'Mean Girls' marked the first time I saw teenage…

— Barrett Wilbert Weed

Female violence is a specific brand of ferocity. It's invasive. A girlfight is all teeth and hair, spit and nails - a much more…

— Gillian Flynn

My experience is that aggression is a universal trait in human beings - girls feel it in any sort of environment, same-sex or co-ed.

— Rachel Simmons

For perpetrators, when they apologize and experience remorse, it gives them a chance to reclaim their own humanity. Some rise to the moral challenge.…

— Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

On a daily basis, it's heartbreaking to see women put up with violence for years silently and feel ashamed of speaking out about it.

— Reham Khan

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