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  • A recent government survey found that 47 percent of all women report being the victims of either physical, emotional, sexual or economic violence. But 84 percent of those who are victims of domestic violence remain silent.

  • ...when a wife wouldn't testify, little punishment was meted out. Alex came to understand that only those who pressed charges ever became truly free, because the life they were leading was a prison, even if most of them wouldn't admit it.

  • Domestic violence and sexual assault go hand in hand.

  • A lot of people think that domestic violence is if someone hits, kicks, [or] punches you.

    "What You Probably Don’t Know About Domestic Violence and Abuse", www.huffingtonpost.com. March 3, 2015.
  • It's so important to raise awareness of this problem that continues to affect 1 in 4 women at some point in their lifetime, regardless of career, wealth or background.

  • I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse.

  • I am a survivor of domestic violence.

    "Katy Perry Just Gave an Incredibly Moving Grammys Performance" by Sally Holmes, www.elle.com. February 9, 2015.
  • Hey ladies, I'm willing to do my part to end domestic violence by posting a selfie online. Some might call me a hero

  • I grew up with an extremely abusive father. As a mother, I wanted to protect my own children from exposure to violence. When I found out one of my daughters was in an abusive relationship, it broke my heart. Finally, she left him ?- but only after his abuse started spreading to the children.

  • You have the right to your own ideas and opinions, to make your own decisions, and to have things go your way at times. Stand up for those rights.

    Rights   Ideas   Decision  
    Beverly Engel, 'Yrgie Engel (1994). “Encouragements for the Emotionally Abused Woman: Wisdom and Hope for Women at Any Stage of Emotional Abuse Recovery”, Fawcett
  • The very definition of news is something that hardly ever happens. If an incident is in the news, we shouldn't worry about it. It's when something is so common that its no longer news - car crashes, domestic violence - that we should worry.

    Bruce Schneier (2014). “Bruce Schneier on Trust Set”, p.447, John Wiley & Sons
  • One of the most basic things we can do is let the men in our lives know it's not okay to mistreat a woman.

    "Tim McGraw Standing Up Against Violence", www.nashville.com.
  • The schools play an important role when it comes down to protecting children against violence.Violence is one of the principal reasons why children don't go to school. It's also one of the causes of the alarming school dropout rates.

    Children   School   Play  
  • We can all do something to help end domestic violence. A Real Man would never abuse his partner or children, and I am proud to put my name to the Women's Aid Real Man campaign.

    Children   Real   Men  
  • Living in a house where domestic violence goes on every day never feels like home. You don't have to suffer in silence. I'm giving my full support to this website as it will give proper and practical advice about what to do if you feel afraid. Remember, you're not alone.

  • Most of the problems that plague our society - addiction, overeating, crime, domestic violence, prejudice, debt, unwanted pregnancy, educational failure, underperformance at school and work, lack of savings, failure to exercise - are in some degree a failure of self-control.

  • After I became an attorney, the mother of two girls I'd known in high school came to see me. She'd endured years of heinous abuse from her husband that nearly destroyed her. I'd never suspected a thing.

    Girl   Mother   Husband  
  • I don't know how I can feel safe with Donald Trump, who bragged about sexual assault having the most power of anyone in America, maybe the world. What does that say to every child, to every person who has been sexually assaulted, to every person in a domestic-violence situation, to anybody who has to report that kind of crime?

    Source: www.mtv.com
  • Nearly one in four women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime. And slightly more than half of female victims of domestic violence live in households with children under age 12.

  • I want to tell people that family violence happens to anybody, no matter how nice your house is, no matter how intelligent you are.

  • Domestic violence is often ignored as it usually happens behind closed doors and it can seem easier not to get involved. Yet, domestic violence continues to affect 1 in 4 women at some point in their lifetime, regardless of their background, career, race or age, and it is vital that we do something now to protect those directly affected by abuse in the home.

    Home   Race   Doors  
  • Believe in yourself and be proud of who you are. Don't let anyone tell you differently. There is beauty in everyone and no one should stop you from growing into a confident and strong young person.

  • Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours.

  • The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it.

    Future   Afterlife   Goal  
  • I represent an affluent district, but when I worked to form my county's first battered-women's shelter, some nights there were no beds left. Violence against women crosses all economic lines.

  • Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar.

  • It's a subject that is often hidden and very secretive, but it's something which I feel should have a light shone upon it.

  • Men have an important role to play in sending out the message that real men do not hurt or abuse their partners.

    Hurt   Real   Men  
    "28 Famous Men Who Prove You Don’t Need To Be A Woman To Be A Feminist" By Alanna Vagianos, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 25, 2014.
  • I am delighted to be part of this Women's Aid campaign - the statistics are frightening. I've spent time with the victims of these cowardly acts, and it's heartbreaking. Everyday women and children are being abused in their own homes. I am standing up and saying that I am a Real Man, and that violence against women and children has to end.

    Children   Real   Home  
  • It's still hard for me to talk about the day I visited a shelter for children who were victims of a domestic-violence household. The kinds of abuse they had suffered, and what it had done to them physically and emotionally ?- I don't have words for what I saw. This has to stop.

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