Feminism Quotes · Page 200

We know in our society, women are valued for their sexual desirability and not necessarily for what they have to say.

— Jessica Chastain

When it comes to silencing women, Western culture has had thousands of years of practice.

— Mary Beard

Sisterhood is a powerful metaphor; it ought not become a synonym for groupthink.

— Kathleen Hall Jamieson

There are some people who still feel threatened by strong women. That's their problem. It's not mine.

— Gloria Allred

There's something every woman wants, and that's a man to blame.

— Philip Roth

If the feminine issue is so absurd, is because the male's arrogance made it "a discussion

— Simone de Beauvoir

In a perverse way, it's very patriarchal to think that women can't be malicious or violent.

— Jim Goad

What has been violated here is your freedom of choice, and every woman's freedom of choice, too.

— John Irving

How did it come to be that you think men and women are the same? Well, there's a simple answer to the…

— Rush Limbaugh

There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make…

— Vera Farmiga

It's as if women are in a totally rigged race. A lot of men are driving souped-up, low-slung racing cars and we're…

— Naomi Weisstein

I think women across Australia, particularly, are a bit fed up with this constant attack and belittling of women in politics, and…

— Christine Milne

A man may have the best of wealth, cars and fame. But there is nothing more precious in life that he will…

— Jean-Claude Van Damme

Great ladies are no more spiteful than the average rich woman; but one acquires in their society a greater susceptibility, and feels…

— Stendhal

While it would be as wrong of me to attribute these traits to women at the exclusion of men as it would…

— Diane Nelson

She watched the first episode and she was like, 'This is feminism?' And then by the end of the season, she was…

— Allison Williams

I prefer to call the most obnoxious feminists what they really are: feminazis. Tom Hazlett, a good friend who is an esteemed…

— Rush Limbaugh

Any time women come together with a collective intention, it's a powerful thing. Whether it's sitting down making a quilt, in a…

— Phylicia Rashad

Almost everything can be construed as sexual harassment depending upon the way it is said. One general rule of thumb is to…

— Linda Sunshine

[T]he regime of diversions, surrogates, and tranquilizers that pass for today's 'distractions' and 'amusements' does not yet allow the modern woman to…

— Julius Evola

“The urge to leap across feminism to "human liberation" is a tragic and dangerous mistake. It deflects us from our real sources…

— Adrienne Rich

“What is a woman’s place in this modern world? Jasnah Kholin’s words read. I rebel against this question, though so many of…

— Brandon Sanderson

One of the key things about the entitlement and power of patriarchy, but also within feminism, is not that it's wilful nastiness.…

— Rachel Holmes

I respect women like Gloria Steinem who paved the way. But when you say 'feminist' now, there is a message that if…

— Megyn Kelly

Women excel more in literary judgment than in literary production,--they are better critics than authors.

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

If we need women in our defense forces, we must not need much defense.

— Joseph Sobran

I guess I want men to understand how hard it is to be a woman.

— Dawn O'Porter

Throughout history, females have picked providers for males. Males pick anything.

— Margaret Mead

It has been a woman's task throughout history to go on believing in life when there was almost no hope.

— Margaret Mead

When given the chance, women have proven they will participate in the electoral process.

— Ginny Brown-Waite

Women are more than capable of making our own choices about our bodies and our health care.

— Michelle Obama

Thinking outside of the box is easy. Understanding women is hard.

— Funsho Macaulay II

Some women make it look so easy, the way they cast ambition off like an expensive coat that no longer fits.

— Jenny Offill

The intellect of the generality of women serves more to fortify their folly than their reason.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

When a trans woman gets called a man, that is an act of violence.

— Laverne Cox

I am fully a feminist in this modern definition of the term. It's innate in my work because that's just who I…

— Frankie Shaw

Being a woman is interesting, but it shouldn’t stop you from being a person.

— Mildred H. McAfee

As women and men, we're not primed and taught to feel that women are as inspirational as men.

— Jennifer Hyman

The more women look in their glasses, the less they look to their houses.

— Vikrant Parsai

Love occupies a vast space in a woman's thoughts, but fills a small portion in a man's life.

— Maria Edgeworth