Bad behavior Quote by Shannon L. Alder

“What he didn’t do was control me, or try to mold me into a little wife, some old-fashioned, muted version of who I was.…

— Jane Green

“Emotional abusers condition their victims to feel ashamed, inadequate, and unstable. This is because they are cowards, incapable of healthy relationships with strong and…

— Jackson MacKenzie

What men and women need is encouragement. Their natural resisting powers should be strengthened, not weakened ... Instead of always harping on a man's…

— Anonymous

“The abusive man’s high entitlement leads him to have unfair and unreasonable expectations, so that the relationship revolves around his demands. His attitude is:…

— Lundy Bancroft

“What frightens me now is—why did I go on with it? It wasn’t the self-flattery: I can cure this man. Not at all. I…

— Doris Lessing

“What men and women need is encouragement. Their natural resisting powers should be strengthened, not weakened…. Instead of always harping on a man’s faults,tell…

— Eleanor H. Porter

“In a verbally abusive relationship, the partner learns to tolerate abuse without realizing it and to lose self-esteem without realizing it. She is blamed…

— Patricia Evans

“when a woman is too nice and will jump through hoops: It invites bad behavior.”

— Sherry Argov

“One of the obstacles to recognizing chronic mistreatment in relationships is that most abusive men simply don’t seem like abusers. They have many good…

— Lundy Bancroft

“Have you ever suffered a sharp disappointment or a painful loss and found yourself looking for someone to blame? Have you, for example, ever…

— Lundy Bancroft

When a poor man begs for your help , his pride is hurt. Then you dont deal another blow to his pride by letting…

— Ritu Ghatourey

“When a woman is convinced that she can stop the violence in her marriage, her stubborn determination feeds her sense of failure each time…

— Susan Weitzman