Feminism Quotes · Page 135

There are also just as many, if not more, women who are anxious to hold down the status quo.

— Susie Bright

Paradoxically, when females reject the male, they usurp the masculine role and abandon the feminine one.

— Henry Makow

I fear that the migratory crisis signals the beginning of the end of women's rights.

— Marine Le Pen

Women who have strong identities, who know themselves, really inspire me.

— Lianne La Havas

“of learning young that having a hunch is, like so many female facets, both misery and boon.”

— Durga Chew-Bose

The point of feminism is you shouldn't have to be a man to be treated with equal respect.

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

I am increasingly convinced that technological culture is the entire root of women's liberation.

— Lois McMaster Bujold

Female inferiority is internalised by us. Women need a lot more confidence.

— Gloria Steinem

Women now were told not to settle for second best, told that they deserved better, but at a time, it seemed, when…

— Lorrie Moore

The failure of women to produce genius of the first rank in most of the supreme forms of human effort has been…

— Anna Garlin Spencer

Feminism is for all women and girls, not a privileged few or one ethnicity, religion, age, sexual preference, ability, region or hemisphere.

— Robin Morgan

Feminism is dead in the world. It comes from another time. I'm a feminist. I want to fight, but I don't see…

— Donatella Versace

Someone once said, when a man meets his fate, he will leave her because thinking there is better woman out there, when…

— Soulmate

For most women, the success of conservative women is good for all of us, unless you believe in evolution. Actually, I take…

— Tina Fey

“A responsible woman guides, controls (albeit subtly), directs with superior knowledge that is higher than that of her contemporaries!”

— Agu Jaachynma N.E

It matters whether women sit at the table. No one speaks up for you when you are standing outside with your nose…

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

“Whenever one comes to the the table for interreligous dialogue, there is what I would call an _ecumenical taboo_ that one has…

— Namsoon Kang

“Men feel cherished when they are needed. Women feel cherished when they are loved. Indonesian version (Bahasa): Kaum pria jadi termotivasi dan…

— john gray

Often, our laws and policies reflect patriarchal biases that can trap men in stereotypes - for example, the idea of guarding the…

— Rohini Nilekani

For millennia, men have enslaved women and attempted to appropriate female creative power, re-casting themselves as gods and creators. This assault continues…

— Anohni

“How dull would it be to consume my meat with only one variety of sauce? My body and spirit would whither, being…

— Emmanuelle de Maupassant

Men are now also in the minority among the entering traditionally male-dominated areas such as law and medicine. Finance and politics are…

— Hanna Rosin

Throughout her career, many women would view Mrs. Clinton as an imperfect vessel for the feminist cause. She was a Yale-educated lawyer…

— Amy Chozick

“How did I become who I am? I have a heart easily hurt. I believed that cruelty was most often caused by…

— Andrea Dworkin

Women are often under the impression that men are much more madly in love with them than they really are.

— W. Somerset Maugham

The idea of what a feminist is has changed so much that there needs to be a new word for it.

— Trinny Woodall

There is always tension in women's gymnastics between athleticism, grace, performance, and eros.

— Meghan O'Rourke

The more you can remove the obstacles between you and the world as a woman, the easier and simpler life becomes.

— Cate Blanchett

I wouldn't call myself a feminist, because I think there are differences between men and women.

— Shania Twain

“Women treat us [men] like humanity treats gods—they worship us and keep bothering us to do something for them.”

— Oscar Wilde

One day I look forward to making dinner for my husband and children. I don't want to be a career feminist.

— Lisa Haydon

Women are the holders of all knowledge, everything a man knows he stole from a woman.

— Bill Mollison

Once they call you a Latin Lover, you're in real trouble. Women expect an Oscar performance in bed.

— Anonymous

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it…

— Jane Austen

“Women don’t like to share. This détente may last for a while but it won’t last forever.”

— Kristen Ashley

An eminent teacher of girls said, "the idea of a girl's education, is, whatever qualifies them for going to Europe.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Women movements would form among the factory workers, a great mobilisation that destroyed the old models.

— Emma Bonino

I have always been surrounded by strong women and thoughtful men.

— Tina Smith

It does a man good to see his lady being brave while she has their baby... it inspires him.

— Ina May Gaskin

I think you pay people based on their work and not based on gender. It's that simple.

— Stana Katic