I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism. Patricia Ireland Read Quote
There are a lot of people who worked extremely hard in the election who are still organized who know how to do door to door and phone canvassing, who know how to raise money. Patricia Ireland Read Quote
We have to stop this violence. We have to make the political nature of the violence clear, that the violence we experience in our own homes is not a personal family matter, it’s a public and political problem. It’s a way that women are kept in line, kept in our places. Patricia Ireland Read Quote
We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us. Patricia Ireland Read Quote
The opposition has moved from a blaming the victim to blaming the victim’s advocate’s statistics. Irrespective of what the numbers are, it’s far too many. Patricia Ireland Read Quote
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. Patricia Ireland Read Quote
The way to be a man if you’re a little boy is to be willing to throw your weight around. Patricia Ireland Read Quote
I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count. Patricia Ireland Read Quote
When I hear traditional family values raised, I hear that effort once again to re-establish the man as head and master of his family. Who had the, not only the right, but the obligation to discipline his wife and children to keep them in line? Patricia Ireland Read Quote
And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use a stick no bigger than his thumb to discipline his wife and family. Patricia Ireland Read Quote
