Domestic Violence Quotes And Sayings

by allinspiration.com

“Most health professionals could probably count the number of abuse disclosures they have had from patients on one hand. However, we know that two women die a week at the hands of their abuser. Therefore, it is our intention to provide an opportunity to disclose whenever possible.”
– NHS London

“There are different types of domestic abuse, including emotional, psychological, physical, sexual, and financial abuse. Many abusers behave in ways that include more than one type of domestic violence, and the boundaries between some of these behaviours are often quite blurred.”
– NHS London

“Emotional or psychological abuse can be verbal or nonverbal. Its aim is to chip away at the confidence and independence of victims with the intention of making her compliant and limiting her ability to leave. Emotional abuse includes verbal abuse such as yelling, name-calling, blaming and shaming. Isolation, intimidation, threats of violence and controlling behaviour.”
– NHS London

“There are a broad range of behaviours that come under the heading of physical abuse including actions such as punching; slapping; hitting; biting; pinching; kicking; pulling hair out; pushing; shoving; burning and strangling. It should be noted that strangulation is the most common method of intimate partner homicide.”
– NHS London

“Rape and sexual abuse is common in abusive relationships because a women’s right to consent is likely to be ignored. In fact evidence suggests that 45% of all rape is committed by current partners and these incidents are less likely to come to the attention of the police than those committed by strangers . Any situation in which an individual is forced to participate in unwanted, unsafe or degrading sexual activity is sexual abuse. In addition, women whose partners abuse them physically and sexually are thought to be at a higher risk of experiencing multiple and escalating assaults. Research also indicates that women who are raped by their husbands or partners are likely to suffer severe psychological affects because of the prolonged level of fear they are likely to experience.”
– NHS London

“Economic or financial abuse aims to limit a victim’s ability to access help. Tactics may include controlling the finances; withholding money or credit cards; making someone unreasonably account for money spent/petrol used; exploiting assets; withholding basic necessities; preventing someone from working; deliberately running up debts; forcing someone to work against their will and sabotaging someone’s job.”
– NHS London

“‘Honour’ based violence (HBV) is a form of domestic abuse which is perpetrated in the name of so called ‘honour’. The honour code which it refers to is set at the discretion of male relatives and women who do not abide by the ‘rules’ are then punished for bringing shame on the family. Infringements may include a woman having a boyfriend; rejecting a forced marriage; pregnancy outside of marriage; interfaith relationships; seeking divorce, inappropriate dress or make-up and even kissing in a public place.”
– NHS London

“Research commissioned by Women’s Aid in October 2007 reveals that people with disabilities are more vulnerable to domestic violence and will often face additional difficulties in attempting to access support.”
– NHS London

“50% of disabled women have experienced domestic abuse compared with 25% of non disabled women.”
– NHS London

“Both men and women with a limiting illness or disabilities are more likely to experience intimate partner violence.”
– NHS London

“A study of women who access mental health services identified between 50% and 60% had experienced domestic violence, and up to 20% were currently being abused.”
– NHS London

“One in three women may suffer from abuse and violence in her lifetime. This is an appalling human rights violation, yet it remains one of the invisible and under-recognized pandemics of our time.”
– Nicole Kidman

“Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.”
– Nicole Kidman

“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.”
– Patricia Espinosa

“Soldiers who return from Iraq receive therapy for the violence they’ve seen. But we don’t think about the consequences of witnessing violence in your home. For a child, it dwarfs the effects of violence in war.”
– Patrick Kennedy

“When my kids were in preschool, I was part of a carpooling group. One mother sometimes showed up with bruises on her body. She always had an excuse. Then one morning, she didn’t show up. Later, I learned she’d fled a violent marriage. I’ve always thought, If only I’d known, maybe I could have helped.”
– Patty Murray

“I left the rings he gave me in one of the dresser drawers. I wanted as few romantic gestures clouding my decision to leave for good this time. (I had left two other times before but returned.) I didn’t engage him when he raged. I remained silent and calm.”
– Paula

“One turning point for me was separating my love for the original woman I’d met with the fact that I couldn’t change her, and that the negative side and behaviour she was directing towards me was not my fault and would not end. Her behaviour would carry on and transfer to something else and get worse the whole time I carried on accepting it. Domestic violence is a downward spiral. Once it’s started it won’t stop or get better unless positive action is taken.”
– Pauline

“I left in 1981. I live a happy and rich life, I have my own home and work in the field of domestic violence and sexual assault. I look forward to each day.”
– Peacock Lady

“Long term domestic violence: Being abused in this manner is like being kidnapped and tortured for ransom but you will never have enough to pay off the kidnapper.”
– Rebecca J. Burns

“When I am asked why a man/woman doesn’t leave abuser I say: They stay because the fear of leaving is greater than the fear of staying. They will leave when the fear of staying is greater than the fear of leaving.”
– Rebecca J. Burns

“For most of recorded history, parental violence against children and men’s violence against wives was explicitly or implicitly condoned. Those who had the power to prevent and/or punish this violence through religion, law, or custom, openly or tacitly approved it. …..The reason violence against women and children is finally out in the open is that activists have brought it to global attention.”
– Riane Eisler

“It’s general policy to pursue domestic violence, whether or not the victim wants to prosecute.”
– Ron Ishoy

“Every woman who thinks she is the only victim of violence has to know that there are many more.”
– Salma Hayek

“There is a subconscious way of taking violence as a way of expression, as a normality, and it has a lot of effects in the youth in the way they absorb education and what they hope to get out of life.”
– Salma Hayek

“If you give me any problem in America I can trace it down to domestic violence. It is the cradle of most of the problems, economic, psychological, educational.”
– Salma Hayek

“This is not love. It is a crime, … You can’t look the other way just because you have not experienced domestic violence with your own flesh.”
– Salma Hayek

“The effects of abuse are devastating and far-reaching. Domestic violence speaks many languages, has many colours and lives in many different communities.”
– Sandra Pupatello

“We had a relationship like no other. He was my best friend, my lover, my soul mate. It was perfect bliss…when he wasn’t hitting me, pulling my hair, choking me, calling me names, kicking me, throwing things at me, scaring me…when I wasn’t trying to explain my every single minute of life, or delay at work, calls from friends, sick calls at work, and bruises/injuries. Yes, apart from that, it was perfect bliss.”
– Sara

“I was very scared, I didn’t know if he would try to stop me. He had always threatened to kill me if I ever left him, so I made him think I would still be with him even when I went to college.”
– Sara

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