Love Quote by Susan Forward

“The misogynist must control how his partner thinks, feels, behaves, and with whom and what she involves herself. It is amazing how quickly even…

— Susan Forward

“Once we begin to examine the forces that drive the misogynist, we find that much of his abusive behavior is a cover-up for his…

— Susan Forward

“In addition to threatening to physically harm his partner, the misogynist may threaten to harm himself or his children. He may threaten to cut…

— Susan Forward

“Some misogynists do not resort to the obvious cruelty of scare tactics and screamed insults to gain control of their partners. Instead of raising…

— Susan Forward

“The physical and emotional distress that result from incurring the misogynist's displeasure can be so painful that women will do virtually anything to avoid…

— Susan Forward

“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

“The misogynist's control over his partner is like the roots of a plant: it spreads into many areas of her life. Her work, her…

— Susan Forward

“Have you ever heard a woman claim that the reason why she is chronically mistreating her male partner is because a previous man abused…

— Lundy Bancroft

“A woman may believe that because she is suffering she has the right to be taken care of and to be pitied; most important,…

— Susan Forward

“There is a great deal of testing going on early in the relationship. The misogynist is defining for himself—often without even realizing it—just how…

— Susan Forward

“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

“In short, women themselves absorb and transmit misogynistic values, just as men do. This is not a tidy world of tyrannical men and victimized…

— Anonymous