Michael Trucco Quotes

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

There is no reason to hit a woman. And I was just like, really? I could give you, like, 17 right off the top of my head.

You know, there's a word for big, strong men who attack women, and it's coward.

We've gotta dispense with calling guys who are effeminate or who throw like girls "sissies." You know why? Because that diminishes women, and that can lead to such things as you decking your woman in a hotel elevator in New Jersey with your fist.

I don't think there is anything particularly wrong in hitting a woman, though I don't recommend you do it the same way that you hit a man.

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.'

Women are totally unsafe in Punjab.

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

I've never put my hands on a woman, physically, ever.

Let's empower men and help them take a stand to stop acts of violence against women.

We all have responsibility to stop violence and discrimination against women, whether it's in our businesses, in our homes, or on our streets.

I don't put my hands on women.

The enemy of the modern woman is not women who like fashion or are writing about it. The enemy is stereotypes that come from all places and that tell you to be one way or the other. The enemy is really real sexist people, like Todd Akin, and people who are violent against women physically or sexually.

Women and girls, men and boys all share the right to live free of violence, which is, unfortunately, experienced by both men and women. Women and girls, however, disproportionately experience violence due to a deeply rooted global culture of gender discrimination.

I would never condone violence against women in any form, and for all of those I offended, I am sincerely sorry.

Don't hit women. Never, ever, ever.

The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.

I would never hit a woman - even if she had a knife or a stutter.

When people were very concerned about the violence against women, I encouraged people to stick with it because it was going somewhere and there was a reason why. It's all a commentary on gender roles and women and having to be the damsel or to stay on the ranch or to stay at home.

Calling gender violence a women's issue is part of the problem. It gives a lot of men an excuse not to pay attention.

Even nowadays a man can't step up and kill a woman without feeling just a bit unchivalrous.

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.

The origins of violence against women by men are not biological. If that were the case, it would exist in every culture. And it doesn't exist in every culture.

The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all too often depend on an image of women as weak and victimized.