Feminism Quotes · Page 173

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

— Yancy Butler

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

We will have equality when a female schlemiel moves ahead as fast as a male schlemiel.

— Estelle Ramey

“But Grandmère is just like all those other women who go around wanting the same rights as men, but don’t want to…

— Meg Cabot

We were idealists. We thought that when we got the vote the whole pattern of politics would be greatly improved and would…

— Jessie Daniel Ames

The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to…

— Barbara Mikulski

I've seen men and women who were fit for combat that I wanted to fight beside, and men and women who I…

— MJ Hegar

Maybe in past years, perhaps women didn't feel quite as comfortable with revealing themselves, and their skills and their crafts... and now…

— Chantal Kreviazuk

The weakness of their reasoning faculty also explains why women show more sympathy for the unfortunate than men;... and why, on the…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Giving every girl in the world the chance of a healthy, educated, and economically independent life is essential if we are to…

— Alok Sharma

When you're not confident as a young woman in saying "no" or even saying "yes" necessarily, you don't know which one you're…

— Ry Russo-Young

I consider myself conscious of how women are treated, and sometimes I can be a feminist. Sometimes I'm a little Republican, sometimes…

— Pam Grier

“It's a shame for a woman's history to be all about men-first boys, then other boys, then men, men, men. It reminds…

— Elizabeth Kostova

Unlike femininity, relaxed masculinity is at bottom empty, a limp nullity. While the female body is full of internal potentiality, the male…

— George Gilder

In those same 10 years, women are getting more and more of the graduate degrees, more and more of the undergraduate degrees,…

— Sheryl Sandberg

We know that if you educate a girl, as the saying goes, you educate a nation. That girl will get married later,…

— Helene D. Gayle

Feminist,” he said, clearly amused. “Next you’ll be telling us you hate men.” She gave him a blank look. “I only hate…

— Richelle Mead

“It is the time of the token woman … Paradoxically the triumph of the rhetoric of feminism has taken place exactly at…

— Nina Power

The implication that women work for pin money and can manage on a worse pension, presumably by relying on husbands, riles. But…

— Frances O'Grady

I'm sure the hard-core feminist will say we're trapped, but I think viewers see how empowered we are.

— Bridget Marquardt

It's not about women acting like man, it's about women acting like woman and being sucsessful

— Zooey Deschanel

So, I think slowly, the women of this industry are changing the norms and I'm proud to be one of them.

— Kashmira Shah

There are no important differences between men and women, but the unimportant ones are sometimes very interesting.

— Ashleigh Brilliant

As a sex, women are habitually indolent; and every thing tends to make them so.

— Mary Wollstonecraft

Southern women always know how to make you feel welcome, loved and admired, even when we're talkin' smack!

— Ashlan Gorse Cousteau

In my videos, I always want to be a powerful woman. That's my mission.

— Beyonce Knowles

Feminism is a part of life, everyday, not just a theory. Teach young boys to respect women, at home and at school.

— Anonymous

Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the…

— Andrea Dworkin

Women are like fingers and toes because they're easy to count on.

— Bo Burnham

Female leaders are more oriented toward real and long-lasting results of their policies.

— Dalia Grybauskaite

[Domestic violence is] a carefully laid physical, financial and psychological trap.

— Anonymous

“One scholar has estimated that a third of Dakota homesteads were held by women a decade later.”

— Caroline Fraser

We women don't care too much about getting our pictures on money as long as we can get our hands on it.

— Ivy Baker Priest

When men are scared of a woman, they always accuse her of being mannish.

— Elizabeth Aston

You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're exactly alike.

— Dave Attell