Feminism Quotes · Page 216

This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for both sexes.

— Katherine Dunn

Men are both bad and awful. And women are both bad and awful. And they can both be good and wonderful on…

— Andrew Haigh

I would say to women, always question what you're empowering yourself for and what are you claiming power for.

— Elizabeth Lesser

The Female Western is the battle between the good and evil methods of getting the men who perform best.

— Warren Farrell

“To be a woman is to harness the power of the earth below you, sky above you, and fire within you.”

— grace gegenheimer

The system isn't working for most people and never has worked for most women.

— Catherine Mayer

Sexes. One has the look of a wound, the other of something skinned.

— Joseph Joubert

In my head, men and women are equally capable of evil. So are all communities.

— Richa Chadha

The tech industry - and, more specifically, Silicon Valley - continues to stumble forward in earnest about how few women are represented…

— Kara Swisher

Men do communicate, often very directly, but women sometimes cannot accept how simple what we have to say is. We seldom play…

— Chris Abani

But do not understand me as saying, or for one moment suggesting, that women legislators should confine themselves to doing only social…

— Edith Rogers

To live in a culture in which women are routinely naked where men aren't is to learn inequality in little ways all…

— Naomi Wolf

I think the biggest thing to do - especially if you're a woman trying to succeed in a male-dominated industry - is…

— Erin Andrews

I think it's so important for women and girls to feel like they have a voice and to come together and support…

— Grace VanderWaal

If you look at the workforce and the way our laws work around so many issues, it's as if women are supposed…

— Cecile Richards

Personally, I don't believe in International Women's Day. After all, there's no International Men's Day that we celebrate. These are just titles…

— Shobana

“A text by a minority writer is effective only if it succeeds in making the minority point of view universal. ('The Universal…

— Monique Wittig

There are as many violent women as men, but there's a lot of money in hating men, particularly in the United States…

— Erin Pizzey

Since we all came from a women, got our name from a women, and our game from a women. I wonder why…

— Tupac Shakur

“The common perception is that man hating is solely a radical feminist practice. In my essay, I maintain that is neither radical…

— Coleen Kearon

“It is not in becoming a whore that a woman becomes an outlaw in this man's world; it is in the possession…

— Andrea Dworkin

“Their [Lacadaemonian] women, it is said, were bold and masculine, overbearing to their husbands in the first place, absolute mistresses in their…

— Plutarch

“When I offered the word "Womanism" many years ago, it was to give us a tool to use, as feminist women of…

— Alice Walker

“It's not that the authors are unskilled, but we must frequently venture outside our areas of original training. Either the work lies…

— Joanna Russ

Women give life! That on its own is inspiring.Besides, women are prettier than men.

— Jujubee

Empowering women and girls is the only way to protect their rights and make sure they can realise their full potential.

— Antonio Guterres

It would be futile to attempt to fit women into a masculine pattern of attitudes, skills and abilities . . .

— Arianna Huffington

Flyaway, problem hair is the enemy of feminism, and was probably invented by the Man to crush Susan Sontag.

— Caitlin Moran

The real power of a man is in the size of the smile of the woman sitting next to him.

— Anonymous

Whether it be a sage or a king, all have been borne by women.

— Milkha Singh

Big black guys fear air travel almost as much as old white women fear big black guys.

— Dov Davidoff

A true fact : 80% of womens name ends in A. 15% of womens name ends in I& L

— Uchiha

To break the age-old taboos and to see girls and women use pads was a difficult task.

— Arunachalam Muruganantham

The problem is with men. I know I shouldn't say this, but they've shrouded and hidden women to hide their incompetence.

— John Galliano

“Due to not getting pumped regular, females take the oddest fancies, such as imagining they can think.”

— Loretta Chase

Does being a feminist mean that I believe that I'm as good as any man? Yes.

— Yasmine Bleeth

The women working at abortion clinics are really on the front lines and the true heroes of feminism.

— Betty Dodson

The issue of women in the workplace is not a women's issue: it's an economic problem.

— Caroline Ghosn

In the adjustment of the new order of things, we women demand an equal voice; we shall accept nothing less.

— Carrie Chapman Catt

For these reasons, women tend to rely more heavily on Social Security in their retirement than do men.

— Steve Israel