My background has been pretty abusive, nothing extreme, mainly psychological. There have been a few times when I have been slapped by partners and I have slapped back. I have enormous sympathy for those affected by violence. We need to progress beyond violence towards women and not cancel it out by saying women are also violent towards men.

Mansfield, Karl. "The 5-Minute Interview: Stella Vine: 'There have been a few times", The Independent, (2005-11-28)