Malcolm Turnbull Quotes

Men are rapists, batterers, plunderers, killers; these same men are religious prophets, poets, heroes, figures of romance, adventure, accomplishment, figures ennobled by tragedy and defeat. Men have claimed the earth, called it 'Her'. Men ruin Her. Men have airplanes, guns, bombs, poisonous gases, weapons so perverse and deadly that they defy any authentically human imagination.

As a child, I heard in my home doctors and ambulance men say, 'Mrs. Stewart, you must've done something to provoke him.' 'Mrs. Stewart, it takes two to make an argument.' Wrong. Wrong! My mother did nothing to provoke that - and even if she had, violence is never ever a choice that a man should make. Ever.

I never war against females, and it is only the base and cowardly that do.

Women are just as violently minded as men are, but with men, it's taken for granted.

I think what's happening in the world - there's nothing more dangerous than a wounded beast, and the patriarchy is wounded.

Violence doesn't have a race, a class, a religion, or a nationality, but it does have a gender.

You can't have a discussion about bullying unless you also have a discussion against our culture's obsession with masculinity.

Women who love themselves are threatening; but men who love real women, more so.

Men who have been raised violently have every reason to believe it is appropriate for them to control others through violence; they feel no compunction over being violent to women, children, and one another.

I've never seen a world where only men were responsible for the violence, and the women were innocent. They go together. Men and women are a violent mixture.

A lot of times, you had to beat the bullies at their own game. But the difficulty is not becoming the bully yourself.

Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be victimized by it.

Until the masculine role is humanized, women will tend to be much better at solving dangerous conflicts.

I'm so tired of men who are afraid to hurt women's feelings.

Women... can't live with 'em... can't shoot 'em.

There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader can claim: 'this is not happening in my backyard.'

There's this sort of male energy that we have that can seem very destructive. But it doesn't have to be. It actually can be a very positive force.

Most men somewhere in their psyche are still dragging women around by their hair. It's terrible. I have two daughters, but even before my kids were born I always thought that it was terrible.

Most male victims of violence are the victims of other men's violence. So that's something that both women and men have in common. We are both victims of men's violence.

My mom told me a long time ago, 'Never get in a fight with a lady.'

I find that in this day and generation, the meanest men have the lowest estimate of woman; that the greater the man is, the grander he is, the more he thinks of mother, wife and daughter.

I'm not sexist in any way - sexism is another form of violence, and there are many great men in this world.

If she were a man, I would have knocked her flat. Instead I whispered to her, 'Liz, you are as ugly on the inside as you are on the outside.'

In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued.

There is no excuse whatsoever for men to harass women in an abusive sexual manner. And, I am devastated that anyone should deem me capable of thinking otherwise.