107 Quotes About Violence-against-women

Violence does not solve violence.

...antes de perder el conocimiento, se había preguntado cuántas mujeres a lo largo de la historia habrían acabado su vida con esa misma imagen delante: la cara del hombre con el que se habían casado, con los rasgos desfigurados por la ira, asesinándolas.

Not all men practice violence against women but all women live with the threat of male violence every single day. All over the Earth.

Violence is central to patriarchy, and the forms of systemic violence are interconnected in Western societies. Recognizing similarities across forms of oppression (such as racism, child abuse, speciesism, and sexism, for example) is essential.

Don't want your boyfriend to see you looking so glamorous?" He smiles and jabs me with ihs finger. He is looking at me strangely, as it to say, This is who you are. You've been pretending that you're someone else. Someone better. But you are just this.

Dad held Mama as if she were made of glass. So careful, so concerned for her well-being. It filled Leni with an impotent rage.And then she'd get a glimpse of him with tears in his eyes and the rage would turn soft and slide into something like forgiveness. She didn't know how to corral or change either of these emotions; her love for him was all tangled up in hate. Right now she felt both emotions crowding in on her, each jostling for the lead.

Ask a man what his greatest fear is about serving jail time, and he will almost inevitably say he fears being raped. What can we deduce from the fact that jail is to men what life is to so many women?

La violencia es ese monstruo que habita en el cuerpo de almas olvidadas, encerrando sus gritos de auxilio en el corazón de un verdugo. Almas tan desesperadas que al mínimo estímulo, despiertan para pedir ayuda a la misma bestia que las esclaviza. Una bestia convencida de que su única salvación es nunca abrir la celda que las aprisiona.

Men protect women from those like them.