“But if this desire that a woman should appear added for me something more exalting than the charms of nature, they in… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Feminism is just like HIV awareness: It's not something we don't need anymore, it's something that is just as important as it… — Carla Bruni Copy Share Image
All women, everywhere, have the same hopes: we want to be self-sufficient and create better lives for ourselves and our loved ones. — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
“What restless woman can resist a man with a shovel in one hand and a glowing rose bush in the other, and… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
... there is a lightness about the feminine mind--a touch and go--music, the fine arts, that kind of thing--they should study those… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
A high degree of intellectual refinement in the female is the surest pledge society can have for the improvement of the male. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“...I don't believe you should be a virgin when you get married,' Sera said. 'You should experiment. Men do' 'Yes, but only… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
The great majority of women are more intelligent, better educated, and far more moral than multitudes of men whose right to vote… — Lucy Stone Copy Share Image
“[I]f you seek in every way to minimise my firm beliefs by your anti-feminist attacks, please recall that a small dagger or… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
Some young ladies are so starved for male approval that what should be a normal attraction to men is accelerated into an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“This link was not coincidental: the movement to create university-level courses for women, still barred from the universities, was an integral part… — Michael David-Fox Copy Share Image
Now what? All the battles feminists won about not being a sex object, not being evaluated based on these things, that now… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“At least Aielwomen did not walk around with their noses in the air, or think you should jump just because they said… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
“To say that feminism is good for boys, that diversity makes a stronger team, or that collective liberation promises a greater, deeper… — Dayna Tortorici Copy Share Image
“I realize that violence is not more prevalent today than in previous periods of human history, but there is a difference. We… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Contemporary nations such as Sweden, Norway, and Finland, where women are half of the national legislatures, have more caring policies, less violence,… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image
Like all sciences and all valuations, the psychology of women has hitherto been considered only from the point of view of men. — Karen Horney Copy Share Image
I feel like it's the most unnatural thing for two humans, especially of the opposite sex, to live in harmony under one… — Ashley Monroe Copy Share Image
It is with passion and dedication that I will be attentive to the needs of women and fight relentlessly for their rights — Claudia Cardinale Copy Share Image
“The woman’s brain has two hemispheres,” she slurred. “One for loving, one for hating. They can operate quite competently at the same… — Colin Cotterill Copy Share Image
What women need are not benefits and advantages but a merit-based selection process that will allow them to automatically benefit from various… — Chanda Kochhar Copy Share Image
Among human beings, the subjection of women is much more complete at a certain level of civilization than it is among savages.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
You may try — but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's force of genius in you, and… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
... feminist solidarity rooted in a commitment to progressive politics must include a space for rigorous critique, for dissent, orwe are doomed… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“A real-world problem is something like “Has the recession and its aftermath been especially bad for women in the workforce, and if… — Jordan Ellenberg Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, the sovereignty of maleness is an illusion. In essence and in origin, we are all entirely… — Anohni Copy Share Image
“When I was called a feminist, during those days, my first thought was, But I willingly give blow jobs. I had it… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
President Kennedy understood the importance of equal pay for equal work and signed historic legislation that gave women around the country hope… — Rosa DeLauro Copy Share Image
A man wants a woman who will place him at the top of his priority list, not second but first. He wants… — Helen Andelin Copy Share Image
As a woman you must unite with other women for a while and perhaps even reject the world of men, just to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The strength of women and women's rights around the world are especially important because that affects children and families. And the cascade… — Cindy McCain Copy Share Image
Everybody says women are like water. I think it's because water is the source of life, and it adapts itself to its… — Xinran Copy Share Image
I want to say to this guy and everyone who thinks that femininity means you don't have the power to think, to… — Maimouna Doucoure Copy Share Image
“Women, it is said, have a bad attitude toward sex. Women, it not said often enough, have a long-lived resentment against forced-sex… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
“Now it seemed like these guys had all gone to the same school of “call women crazy whenever they do something that… — Doree Shafrir Copy Share Image
I think, in history, we often see a false representation of women. The men are always the successors and, supposedly, of their… — Jodie Comer Copy Share Image
The most important movement in the world is the feminist movement. If we can really figure out what's going on between men… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
Women – love each other, support each other, defend each other. It comes at a greater cost to you to attack the… — Caitlin Stasey Copy Share Image
My generation has failed to stop the arms race. But it's really the men who have failed. Now it's up to the… — Gene La Rocque Copy Share Image
Part of the reason images of women in positions of authority are marked by their gender is that the very notion of… — Deborah Tannen Copy Share Image