41 powerful phrases against gender violence

We are currently going through a time when women are coming together to say enough to gender violence and demanding the treatment and place we deserve in this society.

This is a time of change in which it is more than demonstrated that all women united we become stronger and that hand in hand, we can change our history. Many have already done it! If not, look at the movements "not one less" or "time's up."

We hope you are phrases against gender violence inspire you to fight and give you the strength and courage you need to help yourself and the women around you. Remember: being a woman is being magic and being power.

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The 41 phrases to fight against gender violence

Let yourself be motivated by these phrases and reflections that have helped many women in the world to value themselves, to love themselves and to give themselves their rightful place. The best phrases to say goodbye to gender violence.

1. We have less violence than our own feelings. Personal, private, lonely pain is more terrifying than anyone can inflict.

With this phrase Jim Morrison invites us to share the pain that violence generates inside, since with help the path is much more bearable.

2. Love is not the ostia. Accepting a first mistreatment is the beginning of a long humiliation. Love yourself, they will not be able to mistreat you.

This anonymous phrase widely used in campaigns against gender violence so that you do not miss the first blow.

3. One in 3 women may experience abuse and violence during her lifetime. This is an abominable violation of Human Rights, but it continues to be one of the most invisible and little known pandemics of our time.

Nicole Kidman, UN ambassador, explains in her speech the extent that violence has had on women worldwide.

4. Defend your life, fight for your independence, seek your happiness and learn to love yourself.

Isazkun Gonzalez she motivates you to get ahead of yourself and always choose yourself.

5. If someone puts their hands on top of her, make sure they don't put her on someone else.

If you have ever been in situations of gender violence, Malcom X calls on you to share and thus prevent another woman from going through the same thing as you.

6. No means no. And if you don't say yes, it's also no. And if you were wearing a skirt and you were groomed, it is also no. And if you try to go on with your life despite fear, it is also no. And if someone tries to make you guilty, the answer is no.

A very appropriate poem that the influencer "The blonde neighbor" published on her Twitter account, to give you power.

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7. Any time of the day or night is good to say enough and end a stage of your life that you wish you had not lived.

Raimunda de Peñaflor in A judge in the face of abuse makes it clear that you have to make the decision now, whatever the moment.

8. I don't want to feel brave when I go out, I want to feel free.

This is a phrase from a poster that has been very present in female demonstrations against gender violence.

9. My body doesn't want your opinion.

Another phrase found among the posters of the demonstrations, which criticizes all the comments that women receive daily in the streets about the appearance of our body.

10. Break the silence. When you witness violence against women, do not stand idly by. She acts.

Ban Ki Moon, the former secretary general of the United Nations also calls for action. Many times that woman who is suffering does not have the strength, but you can be her strength.

11. Faced with the atrocities we have to take sides. Silence stimulates the executioner.

Elie Wiesel shows us with this phrase the consequence of keeping silence and not taking sides. With silence, we allow.

12. Our men believe that making money and giving orders are the basis of power. They do not believe that power is in the hands of a woman who takes care of everyone during the day and gives birth.

Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai refers with this phrase to the importance of the power we women have, because we are the ones who bring all human beings into the world.

13. The amount of clothing I wear does not determine the amount of respect I deserve.

This is another popular phrase from a poster in one of the women's demonstrations, which wants to end the argument that women provoke their own attacks because of the clothes they wear. Getting dressed is also an act of freedom.

14. Neither the land nor women are conquest territory.

A phrase found on a wall and signed by "Mujeres Creando" that makes it clear how there are those who believe that women can be treated as property or goods.

15. When women have power, they vastly improve the lives of everyone around them.

This is very true what Prince Henry of England says, but then why do we allow ourselves to be overshadowed? And why do we allow our power to be taken from us?

16. You are not alone, report it, we are free!

One of the campaigns to combat gender violence inviting you to report. Help is here for you.

17. If he mistreats you and you do nothing, you are letting him do it.

Montserrat Delgado makes this call for you to be brave and that, no matter how dark the panorama, do not allow yourself to be harmed.

18. We all have a marked wound when a woman is abused.

Women are the creators of human life, let's not let ourselves be mistreated.

19. You have to scream. Leave! Run out.

A very appropriate phrase by Amaral that motivates us to get out of that dark place in which they have put us.

20. Wherever someone fights for his dignity, for equality, to be free, look him in the eye.

That's right, as singer Bruce Springsteen says, you don't deserve to be looked at other than in the eyes.

21. Silence is lethal in mistreatment of women. Dare, be brave and report the aggressor.

Another of the campaigns to encourage you to report whoever attacks you. You will be helping your sisters, friends, mother and all women.

22. You have already been used, do not allow yourself to be dominated.

This phrase pronounced by the choreographer and dancer Isadora Duncan, teaches you that the limits are set by you.

23. On the other end of the emergency phone, there is not only the end of the mistreatment. There is the life that you have stopped living.

Many times we allow ourselves to be blinded by the fear of what will be after ending a situation of abuse. The important thing is to remember that the worst is what you are leaving and the good is yet to come.

24. If they hold you, insult you, attack, hit or threaten, make no mistake. That's not love.

Learn to identify what love really is and not what your partner makes you think it is. Be brave!

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25. Remember, it is not a private matter that you stay at home. Do not tolerate! Don't hide! Complaint.

Seek help and help from others, this is what we do when we report. Another campaign against gender violence.

26. Gender is between the ears and not between the legs.

Bono, the lead singer of the band U2, perfectly explains what makes you a woman or a man beyond your genitals.

27. True love for yourself and others moves the world. Don't let them stop.

Remember that you are love and you deserve love. Realize who you are and don't become yet another victim of gender violence. Don't let them steal your light.

28. Violence is not just killing another. There is violence when we use a denigrating word, when we make gestures to denigrate another person, when we obey because there is fear. The violence is much more subtle, much deeper.

Jiddu Krishnamurti explains in this powerful phrase all the types of violence that exist. Don't miss any of them.

29. You can break my hand, but never my voice.

This poster of a feminine demonstration has gone around the world teaching us the importance of denouncing with a much stronger statement.

30. After all, women's fear of men's violence is the mirror of men's fear of fearless women.

Excellent phrase by Eduardo Galeano that demonstrates the real power of women and gender violence as the most common way to sleep that power.

31. Enough of minutes of fear, humiliation, pain, silence. We have the right that every minute be of freedom, of happiness, of love, of life. We want each other alive. All. Not one less.

This phrase is part of the ‘not one less’ campaign that fights against gender violence and the death of many women for that reason.

32. So absurd and fleeting is our passage through the world, that only knowing that I have been authentic, that I have managed to be as similar to myself as I can, leaves me calm.

Frida Khalo invites us not to allow someone to get in the way and limit us to being who we really are. Don't let anyone turn off your light.

33. No man is good enough to rule any woman without her consent.

Feminist and leader Susan Anthony referring to that the only person who can rule a woman is herself.

34. My life has value, my body has no price.

For those who believe that you and your body are there at their disposal. This campaign invites you to defend yourself and to report. No one has the right to touch your body without your consent.

35. Being free is not just getting rid of your own chains, but living in a way that enhances and respects the freedom of others.

Nelson Mandela, this great African leader makes another very appropriate reflection to fight against gender violence; and it is that someone's freedom cannot restrict your freedom.

36. Of all the men in my life, none will be more than me. Of all the women in my life, none will be more than me.

This campaign seeks to improve the perception of equality that we have between men and women, to make us aware that each one rules over himself.

37. Qualifying gender violence as a ‘women's issue’ is part of the problem. Give huge numbers of men the perfect excuse not to pay attention.

Jackson Katz is an American activist who is inviting men to be an active part of this fight against gender violence, because this problem belongs to all of us.

38. This body is mine, it is not touched, it is not raped, it is not killed.

Another campaign that wants to reaffirm your rights over your own body and end the idea of ​​some about the rights they believe they have over your body. Your body is only yours!

39. Well-behaved women rarely make history.

This phrase by Eleanor Roosevelt is very useful for those who have felt pigeonholed or embedded within a profile in which they cannot be themselves. Don't let anyone tell you who or how you should be.

40. Even if you are not guilty of your problems, you are responsible for their solutions. Ask for help!

It is you who has the power to change your situationDecide to ask for help, you are not alone. Accept the invitation made by this campaign.

41. Do not give up, please do not give in, Although the cold burns, Although fear bites, Although the sun hides, And the wind is silent, There is still fire in your soul, There is still life in your dreams.

We finish with this beautiful poem by Mario Benedetti so that you do not give up in your fight against gender violence