Feminism Quotes · Page 215

A lot of men got upset at the feminist movement because they had all the toys and we wanted some.

— Judith Martin

If we succeed in empowering girls, we'll succeed in everything else.

— Desmond Tutu

The women's rights movement of the 1970s had not yet emerged; except for Bella Abzug, I had no women supporters.

— Constance Baker Motley

“But some women only require an emergency to make them fit for one.”

— Thomas Hardy

I can't think of anything better than being considered a poster girl for intelligent women.

— Rachael Stirling

When I started Victoria Principal Products, there were 22 full-time employees - they were all women

— Victoria Principal

Men feel they have a sense of power and entitlement over women.

— Kirron Kher

Women are 1/2 the world population but 3/5 of those living in extreme poverty.

— Minka Kelly

For some reason, the executive world is not conducive to women as much as to men. There are reasons for that. Women…

— Diana Taylor

Men have two ways of righting their wrongs, by force and by the ballot. Both are denied to women, one by nature,…

— Ida A Harper

“Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side and his nobler instincts - and another woman to help him…

— Helen Rowland

The myth that men are the economic providers and women, mainly, are mothers and care givers in the family has now been…

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

Patriarchy is connected to greed, a symptom of a larger force that can only be dispelled through kindness and love. It's basic…

— Peter Buffett

I don't think a woman should be in any government job whatever. I mean, I really don't. The reason why I do…

— Richard M. Nixon

In the past a man was expected to give his seat on a bus to a woman. Today it would be much…

— P. J. O'Rourke

You know, the genders are different in how they approach things, and so I really think that women put a lot more…

— Jane Curtin

The Problem is: many terrific women have made themselves overqualified for the job of wife, because many men are looking for a…

— Karen Salmansohn

Women care about a wide range of issues - climate change, social justice. What the Green Party tries to do is apply…

— Elizabeth May

I think there are many feminists who would say that I am not a feminist. I love women, I have a lot…

— Stephenie Meyer

“So you raise up a few generations of young girls, telling them that they should step to the back of the bus,…

— Susan Campbell

“To apprehend myself as victim in a sexist society is to know that there are few places where I can hide, that…

— Sandra Bartky Lee

We're trained to see only male or female and to plot people into those categories when they actually don't fit neatly at…

— Minnie Bruce Pratt

“It also seems honorable that another woman would value motherhood over all my priorities. But I do not believe that I am…

— Pam Houston

“The world doesn't need a good woman who is meekly obedient to the uncivilized social norms that advocate female inferiority. The world…

— Abhijit Naskar

We must respect women's personal decisions about their health, not dictate to them.

— Richard Cordray

Women will ignore precedent and startle civilization with their progress.

— Nikola Tesla

Since I loved underground music, I tried to carve a space for feminism within it. Those were my hopes.

— Kathleen Hanna

Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.

— Herman Melville

Have you not heard it said full oft, A woman's nay doth stand for naught?

— William Shakespeare

When women are expected to bear the burden of unpaid work, everyone loses.

— Sharan Burrow

Southern belles definitely believe in having a good work ethic and working hard and always being prepared.

— Phaedra Parks

I've set the bar high in terms of having a very feminist attitude towards how I present my body.

— Bel Powley

A lot of women need to know that they don't have to conform, they don't have to take no for an answer.

— Gabriella Wilson

In the past few months, I've become convinced of one thing: If I were a man, I'd be paid more.

— Judy Greer

Workers in the bourgeois countries must fight for equal rights for men and women.

— Nadezhda Krupskaya

Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.

— St. Jerome

Although some people call me anti-feminist, I know I wasn't because Germaine Greer supported me.

— Bernardo Bertolucci

That is life for a Saudi woman: wherever we go, whatever we achieve, we are the property of a man.

— Manal al-Sharif

I think women are really self-analytical in a way that men aren't.

— Zoe Lister-Jones

“Contemporary feminism is enamored with consumer choice and has fully accepted it as a substitute for freedom.”

— Holly Grigg-Spall