The Violence Against Women Act is so important. It provides money to train the cop on the beat, to train the judges that this is a new day, that we won't tolerate this violence and to know how to deal with it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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've talked to law enforcement officials at the state and local level who say that violence against women is going up. In any case, we think that it's an important issue whether it's going up or not. And we are determined to stop it.
Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety.
Violence against women is real and something I feel passionately about, and the gateway to all that is wolf whistling. It's allowing a man to impose his will on a woman who is just trying to walk down the street and live her life. It's all about unwanted versus wanted attention, and, of course, there's a fine line.
I think violence against women in America has become ordinary - it's been made absolutely acceptable.
Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates.
As women are empowered, violence can come down, for a number of reasons. By all measures, men are the more violent gender.
Let's empower men and help them take a stand to stop acts of violence against women.
As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea.
Why don't we actually fight for a woman's right even to complain about being beaten up. That is more important than driving. If a woman is beaten, they are told to go back to their homes - their fathers, husbands, brothers - to be beaten up again and locked up in the house.