Abuse Quote by Susan Weitzman

“As she breaks the silence, the upscale abused wife begins to feel affirmed and validated. The rationalizations she once relied on to sustain her…

— Susan Weitzman

“When others witness or comment on abusive behaviors, the little voice that the upscale abused wife once heard inside her and ignored or muffled…

— Susan Weitzman

A loving wife will do anything for her husband except stop criticizing him and trying to improve him.

— J. B. Priestley

“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

“We noticed the parallels in our marriages -the forceful and decided women in charge, our quiet husbands, gentler than we were, gentler than most…

— Susanna Sonnenberg

“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

“For two weeks, I lay awake at night and said Hail Marys over and over to stop my heart from beating too fast. I…

— Rob Sheffield

“When her husband recovered, it was to shout abusively at her…. Later, when she reflected on it throughout the tedious courtroom proceedings, she realized…

— Jean Elson

“Once this bubble of self-deception is burst and the mask that shielded her and others from what she wished to ignore is lifted, it…

— Susan Weitzman

“whatever beauty she thought she might have possessed she realized had only been through her husband's assessment of her”

— Molly Ringwald

“A battered wife will invest all her feelings of self-worth in her battering husband. She has totally accepted her husband’s valuation of her, and…

— Daniel Quinn

“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