“Much violence against women originates in emotional territory that they already command. By midlife and early old age, as the hormones of both genders change, women are in total, despotic control of their marriages.” AgeViolenceEmotionalGenderCommandOld AgeTerritoryHormonesViolence Against WomenMidlife Book:Vamps & Tramps: New Essays Source: Vamps & Tramps: New Essays
“You know, people see [August: Osage County], and I tell them that it's based on my family, and they assume that I came from some kind of horrible, hysterical circumstances. That's not true. My family, my nuclear family, was actually very close. My mom and dad were great parents and they encouraged a real rich, creative life for me and my brothers. My extended family, like every family, has some darkness, and some violence of some kind, emotional or otherwise, in their past.” PeopleKnowsKindRealPastParentDarknessCreativeRichViolenceEmotionalBrotherMomDadCircumstancesMy FamilyAssumingMy MomNuclearHorribleMy BrotherCountyAugustMom And DadHystericalCreative LifeExtended FamilyGreat ParentsNuclear Families Author:Tracy Letts
“The scars from mental cruelty can be as deep and long-lasting as wounds from punches or slaps but are often not as obvious. In fact, even among women who have experienced violence from a partner, half or more report that the man's emotional abuse is what is causing them the greatest harm.” MenLongFactsHalfViolenceEmotionalAbuseObviousHarmPartnersWoundsCrueltyReportsLastingScarEmotional AbuseSlapLong Lasting Book:Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men Source: Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
“The young love and cherish people and places from which they receive the skills and the emotional support which enable them to make it in the world or to meet their basic human needs. The same people and places are often the first recipients of the frustration and anger--violence, vandalism, disrespect--of young people who are not making it well in the world. I suspect that this is the reason that personal and school property violence is increasing more rapidly than school burglary and dropout rates.” PeopleWorldNeedsFirstsHumansWellsReasonSchoolYoungSupportViolenceEmotionalSkillsPropertyRateFrustrationSuspectsCherishDisrespectYoung LoveHuman NeedsEmotional SupportDropoutsVandalismBurglaryBasic Human Needs Author:James P. Comer
“I like violence because I like looking at it and I like understanding emotional and physical violence and how they work with one another... It's operating in all these levels of hopefully - Oedipus is one of my favorite stories, that's like falling down a well when you read that - so that would be the hope, that each thing causes the next.” WellsStoriesWould BeFallNextCausesUnderstandingLevelsViolenceEmotionalMy FavoriteHopefullyFalling DownOedipusPhysical Violence Author:Kimberly Peirce
“There really still is a deep wound, you know, in the collective psyche of Pakistan. And the violence has left enormous human and emotional and psychic damage. That's not going to go away. But that said, I think I'm cautiously optimistic that we're looking at a better future.” ThinkingKnowsHumansSaidStillsLeftViolenceEmotionalWoundsEnormousOptimisticDamageCollectivesGoing AwayPsychicsPakistanBetter FutureDeep Wounds Author:Mohsin Hamid
“In The Shining, you love Shelley Duvall. You love Jack Nicholson. You're let into the intimacy of that violence and it's emotional and it's physical. We're let in very close. So I think a good horror film has to pull you in very deeply inside. Halloween is a good horror film because we love Jamie Lee Curtis, we're brought very deeply in right when she's babysitting the kids. She's going from house to house, all those houses have windows that you can look in. We're a very vulnerable and exposed audience.” ThinkingKidsFilmHouseAudienceViolenceEmotionalHorrorWindowShiningVulnerableIntimacyHalloweenVery DeepHorror FilmNicholsonShelleyBabysitting Author:Kimberly Peirce