Sexual Abuse Quotes: top 85 famous quotes about Sexual Abuse

Sexual Abuse Quotes & Sayings

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Abuse directed at women is always sexual or violent. — Louise Mensch

Ravished is a nice word found in sentimental novel. Between us, Moran, the word that stuck in my mind like shit to the bottom of a shoe was fucked. — Norman Lock

I like to ruin girls by shoving my 11 inch cock in there. — Will Carroll

Incest is almost always a devastating experience for
the victim. — Susan Forward

There is comfort in knowing that you don't have to pretend anymore, that you are going to do everything within your power to heal. — Ellen Bass

Sexual abuse injects poisonous lies into its victims' hearts and minds. "You're not worthy" is one of them. — Carolyn Byers Ruch

Worldview is often confused with perception; rather, it is our perception that influences our worldview. — Asa Don Brown

I had forgotten the fact that I had been raped, something no one would understand, how could anyone forget something as traumatic as being raped? — Stephen Richards

Most of our informants [incest survivors] remembered their mothers as weak and powerless, finding their only dignity in martyrdom. — Judith Lewis Herman

I was becoming a product of society, a hardened juvenile! Now I was becoming rebellious and hateful. — Stephen Richards

Thank goodness it wasn't real sex. — Lana Cox

Mind Your Language in the Presence of Patriachs

Q. When is rape not rape?
A. When it is your father or stepfather. — S. Caroline Taylor

Hiding my pain and acting strong, afraid to cry and show my tears, I struggle with all this years later. — Erin Merryn

I think the issue of clergy sexual abuse sparked people to look at their faith in a different way. — William P. Leahy

I dived out of the office and I was gone ... hitting these fields like a mad March hare. This wasn't Born Free, it was RUN FREE! — Stephen Richards

In my family, you can rot to hell on the inside as long as you're flawless on the outside, which is really sick, but also hard to unlearn. — Laura Wiess

I was about thirteen when I started letting boys feel me up. — Rebbecca Ray

Abuse is a parasite that feeds off hate and shame, growing in size and strength with silence. — Nikki Sex

Don't put your child at risk. Limit unsupervised one-on-one time between your child & another adult or another child. — Carolyn Byers Ruch

You might think the Bangkok Hilton (the nickname of a fictional prison in Bangkok) was tough, well that was paradise compared to this place! — Stephen Richards

And let's stop calling them "sex offenders," as if their crimes had anything to do with sex. (Perhaps Jeffry Dahmer was a "food offender.") — Mike Lew

Just one person. It really honestly just takes one positive person. One positive person can help you. And that can go a long, long way. - Alexis — Robert Uttaro

As in so many cases of sexual abuse within the family, it is much more complicated than had it been done by a stranger. — Erin Merryn

As part of the healing process, change your perception of yourself from "victim" to that of "advocate" and "survivor. — Don Easton

Build a bridge over shame by teaching kids about sexual abuse. Give them a chance to run to us should they encounter it. Be their hero. — Carolyn Byers Ruch

Coming to terms with incest is not easy. Learning to be a survivor, not a victim, gives new meaning to life — Lynette Gould

Though no longer living in silence, I continued to carry pain and memories. — Erin Merryn

Unfortunately, there's no surefire way to prevent sexual assault. — Jennifer Marsh

A son is a poor substitute for a mother. — Joseph Stefano

So, although my story is sometimes ugly, it's also beautiful. — Niki Krauss

Because of you, Michael, my heart begins to grow wings. — C. Kennedy

I look upon the gift of my life as a wondrous journey. — Maureen Brady

Recovery can take place only within then context of relationships; it cannot occur in isolation. — Judith Lewis Herman

Fearing the unknown within myself has kept me crouching in a corner. I look to see who I am and discover much that is worthy. — Maureen Brady

Being a mother of two little girls, it was an absolute nightmare for me to teach them about sexual abuse. — Deepa Kumar

The initial trauma of a young child may go underground but it will return to haunt us. — James Garbarino

A paedophile is someone whose sexual attraction towards children their own age did not grow with them. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I am building a healthy support system and learning to use it readily. — Maureen Brady

The horror of incest is not in the sexual act. but in the exploitation of children and the corruption of parental love. p4 — Judith Lewis Herman

I don't belive Oprah's sexual abuse stories, I mean who would take a black girl when there are plenty of white? — Zach Braff

You invite a time in the near future when you are no longer building your life on the unknown influences of your childhood sexual abuse. — Jeanne McElvaney

I left the court feeling sure that Rose West would never walk free again. That thought made me happy. — Stephen Richards

and make that clit scream — Kirill

Size doesn't but dick matters! — Himmilicious

I was survivor of childhood sexual abuse in therapy for dissociated trauma memories. — Jeanne McElvaney

Feminism is built on believing women's accounts of sexual use and abuse by men. — Catharine MacKinnon

I have to find a place to hide
An island in the sea
Surrounded by a racing tide
Where I can live with me — Laurie Matthew

Because the child does not have the power to withhold consent, she does not have the power to grant it. — Judith Lewis Herman

This book is dedicated to all who have been affected by sexual violence. — Robert Uttaro

I am empowered by self-knowledge, by ownership of my experiences, and by all aspects of myself. — Maureen Brady

Between 60 and 80 percent of strippers come from a background of sexual abuse. — Caitlin Moran

The only secrets that are good are the ones with an ending. Keep surprises instead of secrets in your home. — Carolyn Byers Ruch

[Sexual abuse] is such a sharp, potent topic that we really should have discussions about more openly and more often. — Rachael Taylor

Sadomasochiasm - which we know very well doesn't exist in societies that don't have child abuse - is regarded some sort of natural sexual expression. — Gloria Steinem

Just as much as the media portray child sexual exploitation as being a 'hidden' crime, then that is no less of a case with child physical abuse. — Stephen Richards

I am a whole person and have the potential to bring together all the different aspects of myself. — Maureen Brady

Don't judge yourself by what others did to you. — C. Kennedy

I always thought of myself as being the unluckiest girl I knew. I was, I believed, a 'jinx' and I was 'jinxed', or so I thought! — Stephen Richards

No matter what tight corner I was in, I was capable of getting myself out of it ... not God! — Stephen Richards

A man or a woman can't be defined by the pain inflicted in them by others or by someone else's issues, but by their own character and actions. — Linda Alfiori

A quick turn around a corner
and my planet becomes sand
on the shore of a dying Universe — S. Kelley Harrell

I sometimes continue to see myself in split ways; it causes me trouble and contributes to a lack of satisfaction with myself. — Maureen Brady

The meaning of our lives is to justify where our bosses spent their budget. — Lisa Schaefer

When you get to Hell, I'll be sitting in the hot tub waiting."
Cate Harlow, PI — Kristen Houghton

An engaging examination of a painful subject, with a focus on healing and forgiveness. - Kirkus Review — Robert Uttaro

In my wildest, most indulgent dreams, we only hear about sexual assault & abuse in history books. — Lisa Factora-Borchers

Some people think it's demeaning to victims if you ever say anything out-loud about sexual abuse of children. I don't know if that's true. — Louis C.K.

Not even Carol knows firsthand how it feels to be hurt in such a way by someone who's supposed to protect you — Ellen Hopkins

...there is a particular focus of the problem faced only by men. It arises from our culture providing no room for a man as victim. — Mike Lew

Out of all the piles of dirt, garbage, and shit we have been handed, we can grow a patch of daisies. — Patti Feuereisen

I am filled with truth at my center where I once held shame. — Maureen Brady

Imagine, pretend, and play so you can become anyone you want to be. You don't need to be afraid. — Carolyn Byers Ruch

But no matter how much evil I see, I think it's important for everyone to understand that there is much more light than darkness. — Robert Uttaro

Of course, without God, there is no value to life. That leads to immorality, that leads to sexual abuse, and there is no hope. — Ted Cruz

Women need total life support services for the mother as she and the family move through the crisis following disclosure. — Janis Tyler Johnson

The only sexual act that is sinful is the one that uses or abuses. — Pat Buckley

In a world where women are commodities, a woman who refuses to sell herself will have the thing she refuses to sell taken away from her by force — Angela Carter

The vast majority of incest begins years before the earliest conceivable age of consent. p4 — Judith Lewis Herman

The abuser's desire to abuse is not created by the child - it is there before the child appears — Carolyn Ainscough

The thing about secrets is they keep you in a prison. Once you share, WHOOSH, there is a release. — Joyce Meyer

I value and honor the way that my suffering brings me to further search and surrender. — Maureen Brady

And Ana remembered her father's words, Say no! Run! Tell me! — Carolyn Byers Ruch

I am concerned about the growing problem of sexual abuse and exploitation of our children. — Jim Ryun

Who said 'please' that made you hate the word so much?"
Andrew gazed at him in silence for a minute. "I did. — Nora Sakavic

Protecting our kids from sexual abuse is not accomplished in a single conversation, but in ongoing conversations grounded in honesty and trust. — Carolyn Byers Ruch