Quotes about Violence against women

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Today I wore a pair of faded old jeans and a plain grey baggy shirt. I hadn't even taken a shower, and I did not put on — Sierra D. Waters, Debbie.
An abuser isn't abusive 24/7. They usually demonstrate positive character traits most of the time. That's what makes the — Miya Yamanouchi
Poor women suffer terrible sexual violence that goes unreported. Because of their social class, these women do not have — Eve Ensler, The Vagina Monologues
Slowly, it dawned on me that nothing was more important than stopping violence toward women—that the desecration of wome — Eve Ensler, The Vagina Monologues
On the 25th anniversary of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, let us remember that we have a chance to save li — Widad Akreyi
I wish we'd be able to deliver our message at the global level on the need to recognize the past genocides in order to p — Widad Akreyi
Every time he raised his hands on her. He killed a prince from a fairy tale somewhere deep within her heart, brutally. — Akshay Vasu
He hated her because she was young and pretty and sexless,because he wanted to go to bed with her and would never do so — George Orwell, 1984
Intimidated, old traumas triggered, and fearing for my safety, I did what I felt I needed to do. — Sierra D. Waters, Debbie.
John was still making comments regarding violent things that he shouldn't, but I hoped he was just being a big mouth. No — Sierra D. Waters, Debbie.
He told me that if I hung up, he'd do it. He would commit suicide. He told me that if I called the cops he would kill ev — Sierra D. Waters, Debbie.
No amount of me trying to explain myself was doing any good. I didn't even know what was going on inside of me, so how c — Sierra D. Waters, Debbie.
It is not a single crime when a child is photographed while sexually assaulted (raped.) It is a life time crime that sho — Sierra D. Waters, Debbie.
The story of my birth that my mother told me went like this: "When you were coming out I wasn't ready yet and neither wa — Sierra D. Waters, Debbie.
Threatening a current or former partner isn't passion, or love, or heartache. It's violence, it's abuse and it's a crime — Miya Yamanouchi
One is that if women’s sexuality in Africa wasn’t under assault, if women were able to say no, if women weren’t subject — Stephen Lewis
The manner Women are bred in, (...) they are admitted to no share of the exercises which wou'd qualify them to attack or — Lady Sophia Fermor, Woman Not Inferior to Man: Or, a Short and Modest Vindication of the Natural Right of the Fair-Sex to a Perfect Equality of Power, Dignity and Esteem with the Men
Where is there a Woman, who having generously trusted her liberty with a husband, does not immediately find the spaniel — Lady Sophia Fermor, Woman Not Inferior to Man: Or, a Short and Modest Vindication of the Natural Right of the Fair-Sex to a Perfect Equality of Power, Dignity and Esteem with the Men
Yes, we love the good men in our lives and sometimes, oftentimes, the bad ones too- but that we're not in full revolutio — Jessica Valenti, Sex Object
But why does it matter what we call it, as long as there is concerted action to respond to and prevent such crimes? It m — Finn Mackay