It is up to all of us to make sure that we are doing everything we can to make clear to our society and to the public the horrific nature of domestic abuse, the impact it has on people's lives and the need for us as a society to say, 'Stop it'.
- Theresa May
The campaign to end domestic violence needs the voices of men as well as women, challenging the cultural, economic and political context in which we all experience the world.
- HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
It [domestic abuse] starts slowly: a few emotional knocks, alternated with romantic gushes and promises of everlasting love, which leave you reeling, confused, spinning around in an ever-changing but always hyper-alert state, not knowing what mood or message awaits you.
- MP Rosie Duffield
Any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are or have been intimate partners or family members regardless of gender or sexuality.
- Government's Official Definition of Domestic Abuse
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Abuse
General FictionCould you go loving someone who hurt you? How about almost killing you? Nothing could begin to tell the story of these two lovers, maybe when one die, or finally leaves.
