As legislators and as Members of Congress, it is our obligation to speak up for those who are being ignored in our society. The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) does just that.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's time for women to make their voices heard. Their silence on the subject of war and peace is deafening.
Women will no longer be silent when they suffer injustices against them.
When the men are silent, it is our duty to raise our voices in behalf of our ideals.
It is only with the passage of the Violence Against Women Act in 1994 that we have been able to put a dent in violence against women, and women have had a place to go.
I cannot be silent when facing these evils against women and children.
We need to change attitudes. We can only change attitudes by working together. Government will do its bit, but I want you all to do your bit, too. So speak out, stand up against violence against women and girls, and that's the way we can eradicate it.
As women, we must speak out, speak up, say no to our inheritance of loss and yes to a future of women-led dialogue about women's rights and value.
We have to stop this violence. We have to make the political nature of the violence clear, that the violence we experience in our own homes is not a personal family matter, it's a public and political problem. It's a way that women are kept in line, kept in our places.
Let's empower men and help them take a stand to stop acts of violence against women.
Calling gender violence a women's issue is part of the problem. It gives a lot of men an excuse not to pay attention.
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