Sarah Edmondson

One of the things that can be helpful in terms of an explanation is to look at the ways in which cults are similar to abusive relationships. Nobody seeks out an abusive partner, but so many people stay in these relationships longer than they should - they make excuses, they ignore red flags, and they allow themselves to be emotionally manipulated.

Canadian Actress

Ronnie Musgrove

After my father died when I was seven and my mother entered into an abusive relationship, I shuffled between houses - staying with friends, families from church, and relying on the kindness of teachers and people throughout my community to help me grow up essentially without parents.

American Politician

Mary J. Blige

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.

American Musician

Gloria Gaynor

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.

Katelyn Ohashi

I have said that gymnastics can be abusive and brutal. That was my experience. I felt trapped in a world where authority figures were dictating my future.

American Athlete

Gary Lineker

I've heard things said on football pitches that players clearly don't mean, whether it's racism or just an abusive comment in the heat of the moment.

English Footballer

Pepa

At the end of the day, your life is on the line when you're dealing with abusive men, and your life is more important than any man.

Jeremy Corbyn

We are not doing celebrity, personality, abusive politics - we are doing ideas. This is about hope.

British Politician

Kevyn Aucoin

When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort.

American Artist

Richard Lewis

My family - it wasn't an abusive family - they meant well, but they were in their own world.

American Comedian

Abusive indicates strong negative feelings and harm, often in a personal or emotional context.

Negative Emotion

Abusive goes beyond general insult, implying aggressive and potentially damaging behavior.

Beyond Insulting

When abusive involves authority figures, it suggests misuse of power in harmful ways.

Power Dynamics

Abusive often refers to the wrongful use of resources or power, not just physical objects.

Misuse of Resources

Abusive describes actions that are wrong for the situation, like using something in a harmful way.

Contextual Misapplication

Sometimes, abusive actions are done on purpose, other times they result from carelessness.

Intentionality

 What's going on with men? Why do so many men rape women in our society and around the world? Why do so many men rape other men? What is going on with men? And then what is the role of the various institutions in our society that are helping to produce abusive men at pandemic rates? Because this isn't about individual perpetrators.

Jackson Katz: Violence...

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What does this symbol...

 I took more than my body had to offer. If I was tired, I drank more espressos. If I was afraid, I went to more dangerous places. Oh sure, sure, I had moments of appreciation of my body, the way an abusive parent can sometimes have a moment of kindness. My father was really kind to me

Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my...

 Abusive relationships don't start out abusive. They start out exciting and exhilarating. There's an intensity of affection and emotion, a rush. It feels really good. You feel so lucky, like you've hit the jackpot. But in unhealthy love, these feelings shift over time

The difference between...

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Why domestic violence...

 I wish I could stop the pain." Well, she was brought into this experimental protocol, and when I interviewed her six months later, she had taken a job working in childcare for the U.S. Navy, she had left the abusive husband, and she said to me,

Depression, the secret...

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Sex for Disabled People...

 when I fell into an emotionally abusive relationship just a few years ago. He isolated me and left me feeling more alone than ever. It was the lowest point in my life, but it was also my wake-up call,

A video game that helps...

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How fire shapes...

 Who was I? I'll tell you. I was a misfit. Like legions of other children, I came from an abusive household that I narrowly escaped with my life.