Feminism Quotes · Page 147

I think it's very hard for a woman to be treated as a person and not just as a woman who tries…

— Baran Odar

There is a tremendous rise now in feminine awareness and wishing for equality, equal opportunities.

— Tenzin Palmo

Why is it that men can be bastards and women must wear pearls and smile?

— Lynn Hecht Schafren

Are men or women more judgmental? Most woman accept a man AS-IS no warranty, but a

— Reasonable Doubt Lane

Violence against women and girls is one of the most systematic and widespread human rights violations.

— Anonymous

Women are strong. We can do it all. But not always at the same time.

— Diane von Furstenberg

To a woman who knows her own mind men can only be a minor consideration.

— Marie Bashkirtseff

I wish that I had bridged the feminist movement and the anti-war movement better than I did.

— Anonymous

My theory is that the female brain is predominantly hard-wired for empathy, and that the male brain is predominantly hard-wired for understanding…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

Feminism is still one of those taboo words, so hardly anybody talks about it. People usually go gender-neutral and say the book…

— Emma Donoghue

If anyone says they haven't experienced sexism then I don't know what life they've lived. Males and females have, for different reasons,…

— Laura Whitmore

“The female brain itself is a highly intuitive emotion-processing machine, which when put to practice in the progress of the society, would…

— Abhijit Naskar

Nowadays everybody's a feminist - male, female, trans. Gender's so passé they don't even care anymore. They know what equal rights are,…

— Lizz Winstead

I would say more power to women who scream from the rooftop about something wrong done to them, whether it is after…

— Mahesh Bhatt

Every man likes the woman who makes things difficult for him, challenges him and makes it interesting, but they also like the…

— Erica Durance

I think there are fundamental power imbalances between the sexes that play themselves out in society. And I think science is just…

— Hope Jahren

What is a woman's power then?" she asked. "I don't think we know." "When has a woman power because she's a woman?…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Women leave my seminars with a level of confidence they didn't have before. They can go out, meet people, start conversations and…

— Matthew Hussey

“I hate to say it, but all that stuff they try to tell you about women being empowered and how it's fine…

— Robin Epstein

If you're not comfortable with a strong woman you're not comfortable with your own feminine instincts. You're not comfortable, period. You're going…

— Madonna Ciccone

For every woman and girl violently attacked, we reduce our humanity. For every woman forced into unprotected sex because men demand this,…

— Nelson Mandela

What is the appeal of Trump, really? It's nostalgic: "Make America great again." Like European nationalists, he has a vision of a…

— Anne Applebaum

“In the radical feminist view, the new feminism is not just the revival of a serious political movement for social equality. It…

— Shulamith Firestone

Miss Jenkyns wore a cravat, and a little bonnet like a jockey-cap, and altogether had the appearance of a strong-minded woman; although…

— Anonymous

Wow! Nobody needs this much. You know the average woman is only five inches deep.

— Miranda Hobbes

Gender and sex are about rules which we have invented, but we are animals; we belong to nature.

— Alessandro Michele

Feminists are those who cannot stand female characteristics.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Woman who have been broken need a man who's a mender not a pretender.

— IsiahNunn

“Any beginning is also an ending, you know. You can’t have just the one.”

— Suzette Haden Elgin

“I have discovered the reason why a man pays for a woman: he wants to be happy.”

— Paulo Coelho's

I believe women and minorities often wait for permission to be invited to something; we need to stop doing that.

— Ilhan Omar

Romanticism is a cultural tool of male power to keep women from knowing their conditions.

— Shulamith Firestone

I think sometimes women who are supposed to be strong are also written as mean and vindictive.

— Yancy Butler

The last thing a woman will consent to in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want…

— Joseph Conrad

The moral influence of woman over man is almost always salutary.

— John Stuart Mill

Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to become themselves?

— Betty Friedan

Instead of just talking about the fact that women should be equal, let's put legislation that enforces pay equity.

— Jagmeet Singh

Women should get together and become the pillars of support for each other.

— Kalki Koechlin

How can feminism be pro-women without being pro-motherhood? There is nothing more unique about being a woman.

— Milo Yiannopoulos

As for those who condemn Hef, he's done a great deal for women's lib and sexual liberation as well.

— Barbi Benton