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I have never seen a connection between cinematic violence towards women and actual violence towards women in society.

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'm very disturbed by violence against women when it is violence.

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.

Women have been kicking ass for centuries.

The press seems to love pitting women against each other.

I think violence against women in America has become ordinary - it's been made absolutely acceptable.

Women like to watch women fight because it makes them feel sort of empowered physically and mentally. They feel kind of jazzed and excited by it.

As women are empowered, violence can come down, for a number of reasons. By all measures, men are the more violent gender.

Now, I have always believed that women are not victims; we are agents of change, we are drivers of progress, we are makers of peace - all we need is a fighting chance.