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"The problem with depicting abusers as full-time monsters is that when a person is actually experiencing abuse in their own life, they'll think 'oh but he's the sweetest guy most of the time so he can't be an abuser ' or 'but he's not ALWAYS horrible, he's usually amazing, so he's not an abuser', and they'll make the mistake of thinking they mustn't really be being abused when they actually are."

"I'd never felt so helpless - so hopeless - in my life as I did there. To be completely under someone's power, with no one to turn to for help, to make someone feel like they're at fault for you hurting them . . . I realized that was exactly what I'd done to Carly. That hangs over me every day."

"Threatening a current or former partner isn't passion, or love, or heartache. It's violence, it's abuse and it's a crime."

"An abuser isn't abusive 24/7. They usually demonstrate positive character traits most of the time. That's what makes the abuse so confusing when it happens, and what makes leaving so much more difficult."

"We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector, which is more invisible to public scrutiny - and thus leaves the children more open to abuse and exploitation."

"There are generally three parties to child abuse: the abused, the abuser and the bystander."

"But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them."

"It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it."
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"Society has seldom considered the vicarious effects of domestic violence between partners on the lives of children."

"It is seldom that domestic violence is an isolated episode, rather it is comprised of a number of episodes over an extended period of time."

"Spanking a child is about the parent not the child. The child will learn more from positive correction than physical manipulation."

"Perfectionists are not all negative, miserable, unhappy and over controlling individuals."
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