"If she'd just stay home/clean the house/be quiet, he wouldn't hit her."

"Women need to know their place. Men have to tune 'em once in a while to remind them."

"She was yelling at him/flirting with some guy/didn't clean the house. What did she expect?"

She's an adult; she makes her own choices...we have to do something for the kids."

"Children need a father. Fathers have rights, too. He hit her, not the kids, right?"

"Nobody wants to be with a mouthy woman."

"She needs to stand up for herself/quit being a victim/be a better mother."

"Men are threatened by all this women's lib stuff."

"Men are naturally jealous and aggressive."

"It's just another domestic/family fight."

"Traditional Indian women are subservient and quiet."

"Geez, she's asking for help again./She just wants to vacation at the shelter./Just manipulates the system."

"If she won't help herself, why should we?"

"Damn advocate's back! They're just a bunch of man-hating, lesbian control freaks!"