Feminism Quotes · Page 184

I want to be a freaking feminist and wear a freaking Peter Pan collar. So freaking what?

— Zooey Deschanel

If patriarchy had a specific beginning in history, it can also have an end

— Maria Mies

If more males would stand up and be men, then more females would sit down and be ladies

— Ali_Khan

Patriarchy has stolen our cosmos and returned it in the form of 'Cosmopolitan' magazine and cosmetics.

— Mary Daly

Many women have been successful at breaking the glass ceiling only to find a layer of men.

— Jane Harman

Our sex still strikes an awe upon the brave, And only cowards dare affront a woman.

— George Farquhar

I have watched lives change. I have seen women gain confidence.

— Amanda Lindhout

The most important thing in a relationship between a man and a woman is that one of them must be good at…

— Linda Festa

One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black…

— Barbara Smith

Being women behind a massively growing business is not an easy task, and the journey to find the right investors and to…

— Huda Kattan

“Feminism is comprised of values that are important to you as a woman, not ideals arrived at by forced consensus to which…

— Daisy Hernandez

“And a woman needs a man to protect her from other men. Well, women used to. . . . Things have changed.…

— Eric Jerome Dickey

The When Women Succeed, America Succeeds economic agenda will enable women to achieve greater economic security, raise wages for women and their…

— Sander Levin

Feminism is universal. You can't just fight for one type of freedom or one type of female power. You know what? Muslim…

— Yuna

We must carry forward the work of the women who came before us and ensure out daughters have no limits on their…

— Barack Obama

We want to create a community of girls who will be empowered to become catalysts for transformation in their communities.

— Kimberly Bryant

We have been suckered into believing that, because there are more men at the top than women at the top, that this…

— Warren Farrell

We cannot expect in the immediate future that all women who seek it will achieve full equality of opportunity. But if women…

— Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

“An avowed feminist activist and an outspoken bisexual, DiFranco has been candid about the necessity of women musicians identifying with the F-word.…

— Marisa Meltzer

“Fertility is seen as a female ‘problem’; whether discouraged or enforced by the vagaries of political, demographic and cultural decisions, it must…

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Do you love him?” Deryn swallowed, then pointed at the screen. “He makes me feel like that. Like flying.” “Then, you have…

— Scott Westerfeld

History will do what it always does. It will make ignorant statements, in retrospect, seem shortsighted and discriminatory, and the women who…

— MJ Hegar

We live in a country [USA] where the belief is that anyone can succeed, but for so many here, and for the…

— Joy Bryant

In colleges, there are no gender separations in courses of study, and students can freely choose their majors. There are no male…

— Phyllis Schlafly

“you say that men are worse than women, as most people do, then of course we improve them by closer political”

— Bayard Taylor

Did it never strike your mind that what every woman says, some women may feel?

— Thomas Hardy

I want women to have all the opportunities that they aspire to.

— Nancy Pelosi

All women are basically in competition with each other for a handful of eligible men.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Females remind me of the hot heats of Hell some though are sensative to the points of fragile

— C-DASH

Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“irritability in men is regarded as a sign of status. But when women lose their temper they’re seen as less competent.”

— Valerie Young

“When you dig under the surface, past the necessities, men and women don't mix.”

— Jeanette Winterson

Women hold all the power. They should use it like a whip, not offer it up like a sacrifice.

— Tarryn Fisher

The empowerment of girls and women is an essential tool to preventing the HIV/AIDS emergency from exploding any further

— Ashley Judd

We are so used to seeing women as victims of war to be pitied rather than survivors of war to be respected.

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

It's such a male-dominated industry. You can be a feminist, it's just difficult because it sometimes comes back at you.

— Gemma Arterton

I think women have a unique talent for being able to see the forest and the trees at the same time.

— Bozoma Saint John

Every woman is a girl, but not every girl is necessarily a lady.

— Vikrant Parsai

Women can do anything men can do, but often have more sense than even to be interested.

— Ashleigh Brilliant

Courage to be is the key to revelatory power of the feminist revolution.

— Mary Daly