Abusive Relationship Quotes

• An abusive relationship should be easy to identify though often one of the most difficult to end.

  Desmond Tutu

  Easy, Ends, Should

  Source: jonathanmerritt.religionnews.com

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• I feel very sorry for people who are trapped in an abusive relationship and keep making excuses for their abuser.

  Jill Stein

  Sorry, People, Excuse

  "Off Message" with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. September 19, 2016.

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• An abusive relationship is worse than being in prison. I mean literally, not figuratively.

  Joe Biden

  Mean, Prison, Abusive

  Interview with Liz Brody and Wendy Naugle, www.glamour.com. May 1, 2011.

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• Well, I went through some emotionally abusive relationships and allowed myself to not be properly respected as a lady, as a human being even, though I tried everything I knew to be a lady.

  Gloria Gaynor

  Wells, Humans, Human Beings

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• Any relationships that would reject you for being true to yourself are - by definition - abusive relationships. You'll be much better off when you let them go.

  Steve Pavlina

  Rejects You, Thought Provoking, Definitions

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• It is not possible to be truly balanced in one's views of an abuser and an abused woman. As Dr. Judith Herman explains eloquently in her masterwork Trauma and Recovery, “neutrality” actually serves the interests of the perpetrator much more than those of the victim and so is not neutral. Although an abuser prefers to have you wholeheartedly on his side, he will settle contentedly for your decision to take a middle stance. To him, that means you see the couple's problems as partly her fault and partly his fault, which means it isn't abuse.

  Lundy Bancroft

  Couple, Women, Mean

  Lundy Bancroft (2003). “Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men”, p.287, Penguin

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• Most African women are taught to endure abusive marriages. They say endurance means a good wife but most women endure abusive relationship because they are not empowered economically; they depend on their husbands.

  Joyce Banda

  Husband, Mean, Wife

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• In an abusive relationship - we'll talk about men and women - women are often restrained, by words or out of fear, from leaving. They will tolerate abuse up to and including being put to death.

  Rene Marie

  Men, Leaving, Abuse

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• There's people who think what they need and what they deserve in their lives is a lot worse than what they actually do, so they get themselves involved in things that are needlessly painful: brutal relationships, abusive relationships.

  Adam Duritz

  Thinking, People, Needs

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. 2014.

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• The No. 1 reason women stay in abusive relationships - because they're not able to take care of themselves financially. It's also the No. 1 reason why women go back.

  Kerry Washington

  Care, Able, Reason Why

  Source: www.sheknows.com

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• The reason I gained so much weight in the first place and the reason I had such a sorry history of abusive relationships with men was I just needed approval so much. I needed everyone to like me, because I didn't like myself much.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Sorry, Men, Weight

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• You're always feeling powerless in life. If you're in an abusive relationship or working for what we call a psychotic boss sometimes the only option is to leave because you're emotions get so entangled with these manipulative people that staying there you're just helpless because they're good at passive aggressive games and you're not, so you have to leave.

  Robert Greene

  Games, People, Boss

  Source: bigthink.com

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• The good thing is in my case I'm all about love and communications, so there was no hard feelings, it was like ok we reached the end of this season and I wish you well and it's time to move on. As a pop song it's definitely open to many different interpretations, I received a call from a cousin saying that it helped her heal after an abusive relationship and another friend said it represented her of a summer fling. We tried to write carefully so that it can be relatable to cover a wide audience.

  Alyson Stoner

  Summer, Song, Cousin

  Source: www.nerdprobs.com

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• I met a lot of amazing people whose lives were changed (for the better) by the power of music. Music gave them strength to get out of abusive relationships or to just pick up a musical instrument and learn to play.

  Lita Ford

  Play, People, Musical

  "The Runaways Rocker Lita Ford on "Living Like a Runaway". Interview with Jeff Doles, www.hollywoodchicago.com. March 10, 2016.

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• I was a young feminist in the '70s. Feminism saved my life. It gave me a life. But I saw how so much of what people were saying was not matching up with what they were doing. For example, we were talking about sister solidarity, and women were putting each other down. We were talking about standing up for our rights, and women weren't leaving abusive relationships with men. There were just so many disconnects.

  Eve Ensler

  Men, Rights, Talking

  "The Big Idea: Eve Ensler". Interview with Suzanne Koven, therumpus.net. June 12, 2013.

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• There's so much going on, with child abuse, not having the right relationships and being in abusive relationships, that play into her, and that energy was constantly in my body for a month. I was the lead character and it was very, very intense.

  Tinsel Korey

  Children, Character, Play

  Source: collider.com

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• 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.

  Ginny Brown-Waite

  Mother, Daughter, Children

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• At first, being a female role model really terrified me. But it hasn't turned out to be an awful burden. I get a lot of letters from women who tell me that, after watching Xena, they have bought the Harley-Davidson they always wanted or left an abusive relationship.

  Lucy Lawless

  Female Role Models, Roles, Letters

  "Is it a bird?". The Sunday Times, July 27, 1997.

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• When someone comes up to me and says, 'Mary, you helped save my marriage', or, 'Mary, you helped me get out of this abusive relationship', I'm in it, really in their lives. And I'm so passionate about my feelings, but also about showing people the way through theirs.

  Mary J. Blige

  People, Feelings, Passionate

  "'I saw my life going down a drain'". Interview with lex Macpherson, www.theguardian.com. January 31, 2008.

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