60 Quotes About Abused-women

The fresh, pungent summer smells of the forest bring me home to the natural, forgotten spiritual place deep inside me. The part of me where hope lives, where prayers are answered and life feels good.

-Vanessa G. Foster

The man reeks of mental illness. I can taste his pathology... Goes well with my palette.

-Juditta Salem

A sociopath is one who sees others as impersonal objects to be manipulated to fulfill their own narcissistic needs without any regard for the hurtful consequences of their selfish actions.

-R. Alan Woods

Sometimes we need to feel bad to know what it's like to feel good...

-Nitra Gipson

The canopy of trees overhead is so thick that only bits and pieces of blue sky can be seen overhead. Narrow rays of sunshine slice their way between the tree branches; slanted silver swords lighting my way.

-Vanessa G. Foster

If a woman, teen, or girl says No, Stop, I Changed My Mind, I Can’t do This, or I’m Just Not Ready… Believe Her! No, she doesn’t REALLY want it. No, she’s NOT playing hard to get. No, she’s NOT just a tease. No, she didn’t ASK for it. Sexual violence is NOT okay no matter how much you try to rationalize it. Don’t be a predator! Have some self-control and RESPECT her decision. Forcing yourself on a person is sexual assault, period!

-Stephanie Lahart

We are taught we can redeem them, she said to me once. We are taught it as soon as we can read. We can turn the beast into a prince, if only we love him enough.

-Louise Doughty

  • Author Viv Albertine
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    We cry as loud as we can, hoping Mum will stop him or the neighbors will hear us and come round and tell him off or have him sent to prison. But no one interferes once you've shut the front door of your home. The house next door could be in a different country for all they care.

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We cry as loud as we can, hoping Mum will stop him or the neighbors will hear us and come round and tell him off or have him sent to prison. But no one interferes once you've shut the front door of your home. The house next door could be in a different country for all they care.

-Viv Albertine

  • Author Viv Albertine
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    Also, when girls have an opinion, and the manager is a man, sexual politics rears its ugly head. They don’t hear,'We don’t want to play those kinds of venues, we’re trying to create a whole new experience, so even the venues we play have to be thought about carefully.'They hear, 'I don’t want to fuck you.'They try and treat us like malleable objects to mould or fuck or make money out of.

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Also, when girls have an opinion, and the manager is a man, sexual politics rears its ugly head. They don’t hear,'We don’t want to play those kinds of venues, we’re trying to create a whole new experience, so even the venues we play have to be thought about carefully.'They hear, 'I don’t want to fuck you.'They try and treat us like malleable objects to mould or fuck or make money out of.

-Viv Albertine

 

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