We are currently going through a moment in which women are uniting to say enough to gender violence and demanding the treatment and the place we deserve in this society.
This is a moment of change in which it is more than demonstrated that all women together 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 that these phrases against gender violence inspire you to fight and give you the strength and courage you need to help yourself yourself and the women around you. Remember: to be a woman is to be magic and to be power.
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 each other and to give themselves their rightful place. The best phrases to say goodbye to gender violence.
one. We have violence less 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 it is much more bearable the way.
2. Love is not the host. Accepting a first mistreatment is the beginning of a long humiliation. Love yourself, they won't be able to mistreat you.
This anonymous phrase widely used in campaigns against gender violence so that you don't 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 times.
Nicole Kidman, UN ambassador explains in her speech the extent that violence has had on women worldwide.
4. She defends your life, fights for your independence, seeks your happiness and learns to love you.
Isazkun González motivates you to get ahead of yourself and always choose yourself.
5. If someone puts their hands on you, make sure they don't put their hands on someone else
If you have ever been in situations of gender violence, Malcolm X calls on you to share and avoid another woman 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 dressed up, it is also no. And if you try to continue 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” posted on her Twitter account, to give you power.
7. Any moment of the day or night is a good time to say enough is enough and put an end to a stage of your life that you wish you hadn't lived.
Raimunda de Peñaflor in A judge faced with mistreatment shows 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 the women's 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 on the streets about the appearance of our bodies.
10. Break the silence. When you witness violence against women, don't sit idly by. Take action.
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
eleven. Faced with the atrocities we have to take sides. Silence stimulates the executioner.
Elie Wiesel shows us with this phrase the consequence of keeping silent and not taking sides. With silence, we allow.
12. Our men believe that making money and giving orders are the basis of power. They don't believe that power is in the hands of a woman who takes care of everyone during the day and gives birth.
The Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai refers with this phrase to the importance of the power that women have, because we are the ones who bring everyone human beings to 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 at one of the women's demonstrations, which wants to end the argument that women provoke their own attacks by the clothes they wear. Getting dressed is also an act of freedom.
14. Neither the land nor women are territory for conquest.
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.
fifteen. When women are empowered, they vastly improve the lives of everyone around them.
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, denounce us, we are free!
One of the campaigns in the fight against gender violence inviting you to report. Help is here for you.
17. If he mistreats you and you don't do anything, you're letting him do it.
Montserrat Delgado calls on you to be brave and, no matter how dark the panorama may be, do not allow yourself to be harmed.
18. We all have a marked wound when a woman is mistreated.
Women are the creators of human life, let us not allow ourselves to be mistreated.
19. You have to scream. Go out! Run out.
A very suitable phrase by Amaral that motivates us to get out of that dark place in which they have put us.
twenty. Where someone fights for their dignity, for equality, for being free, look into their eyes.
That's right, as singer Bruce Springsteen says, you don't deserve to be looked at in any other way than your eyes.
twenty-one. Silence is lethal in mistreatment of women. Dare, be brave and denounce the aggressor.
Another of the campaigns to encourage reporting those who assault 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 you set the limits.
23. On the other side of the emergency phone, there is not only the end of ill-treatment. There is the life 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 back, insult you, attack you, hit you or threaten you, don't be confused. That's not love.
Learn to identify what love really is and not what your partner makes you think it is. Be brave!
25. Remember, it's not a private matter that stays at home. Do not tolerate! Don't hide! Complaint.
Seek help and help 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 oneself and others moves the world. Don't let them stop you.
Remember that you are love and deserve love. Realize who you are and don't become 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 degrading 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 sentence 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 women's demonstration has gone around the world teaching us the importance of denouncing with a much stronger statement.
30. After all, a woman's fear of man's violence is the mirror of a man's fear of a woman without fear.
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 the minutes of fear, humiliation, pain, silence. We have the right that every minute be of freedom, happiness, love, life. We want each other alive. All. Not one less.
This sentence is part of the 'not one less' campaign that fights against gender violence and the death of many women by that reason.
32. So absurd and fleeting is our passage through the world, that the only thing that leaves me calm is knowing that I have been authentic, that I have managed to be as similar to myself as possible.
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 his consent.
Feminist and leader Susan Anthony referring to the fact that the only person who can govern a woman is herself.
3. 4. 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 denounce. No one has the right to touch your body without your consent.
35. To be free is not only to get rid of one's own chains, but to live 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. It gives a huge number of men the perfect excuse not to pay attention.
Jackson Katz is an American activist who is inviting men to take an active part in 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 put an end to the idea of some about the rights they believe they have over your body. Your body is yours alone!
39. Well-behaved women rarely make history.
This phrase by Eleanor Roosevelt is very useful for those who have felt pigeonholed or fitted into a profile in which they cannot be themselves. Don't let anyone tell you who or what you should be.
40. Even if you are not guilty of your problems, you are responsible for their solutions. Ask for help!
You are the one who has the power to change your situation, decide to ask for help, you are not alone. Accept the invitation made by this campaign.
41. Don't give up, please don't give in, Even if the cold burns, Even if fear bites, Even if the sun goes down, And the wind stops, 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 don't give up in your fight against gender violence