If you look at any other group of people suffering injustice, women are always in the worst situation within that group.
Salma HayekRead
Every woman who thinks she is the only victim of violence has to know that there are many more.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of awareness and solidarity among victims of violence.
Salma Hayek's quote highlights the often-hidden reality that many women suffer from violence, urging those who feel isolated in their experiences to realize that they are not alone. It conveys the message that sharing stories and experiences can empower individuals and foster a sense of community among victims, which is crucial for healing and advocacy against violence.
In practice
During a women's rights conference to promote awareness about domestic violence.
If you look at any other group of people suffering injustice, women are always in the worst situation within that group.
No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.
If a man lets all of my dogs sleep in the bed with us, then that is the most romantic thing. You must love my dogs in order to love me. A man who is nice to my animals and doesn't shoo them away - well, that's the height of romance.
You can be a thousand different women. It's your choice which one you want to be. It's about freedom and sovereignty. You celebrate who you are. You say, 'This is my kingdom.'
I love being a wife and homemaker - because it's my choice. My husband doesn't expect me to do it. I don't mind doing things for him because he does so much for me; we both feel that way so there is no power struggle.
This is not love. It is a crime... You can't look the other way just because you have not experienced domestic violence with your own flesh.
Fidelity to the law of your own being is an act of high courage flung in the face of life.
I died upon that mountain. There is no question. A part of me will forever be upon that mountain. Dead. That's my brothers died. If there's a part of me that live, because of my brothers. Because of them I am still alive, and I can never forget, that no matter how much it hurts, how dark it gets, or how far you fall. You are never out of the fight.
To me, wrestling is therapy. No matter how bad my personal situation is, when I step into the ring, all my troubles disappear. My baggage stays in the back where it belongs.
My cousin Jerry Lucey and five other firefighters died in a warehouse fire in Worcester, Mass. - my hometown - right in the middle of our old neighborhood downtown when a homeless couple started a fire to keep warm and the entire building went up. My cousin died trying to save homeless people who had already left the building.
Whether a revolution succeeds or fails people of great hearts will always be sacrificed to it.
Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years.
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