“Though I did not have the statistics, just observing the number of women on the streets during peak hours dressed for work,… — N Malathy Copy Share Image
Sixty-four percent of managers in the U.S. are afraid to be alone in a room with a woman. Mentoring is all about… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
For all the feminist jabber about women being victimized by fashion, it is men who most suffer from conventions of dress. Every… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
“The leveling effect of the women’s movement has contributed to discourage dating. As women’s options have increased and some women have become… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
it is not men that most women worry about when they rise to the defense of the status quo. Their apparent endorsement… — Elizabeth Gould Davis Copy Share Image
The talk of sheltering woman from the fierce storms of life is the sheerest mockery, for they beat on her from every… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
“Feminism and femininity are not mutually exclusive. It is misogynistic to suggest that they are. Sadly, women have learned to be ashamed… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“Some people ask: “Why the word feminist? Why not just say you are a believer in human rights, or something like that?”… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
Periodically, 'The New York Times' runs a business news story lamenting how few women still make it to the top in the… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
If you believe women are constituted differently to men then remove taxation from them. But if you're a democrat and you believe… — James Munro Copy Share Image
“Although some observers believe that feminism and sexual liberalism no longer threaten family values, little in fact has changed. Contemporary sexual liberals… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
“Yeah, equal pay for equal work and our bodies ourselves and Gloria Steinem and all that jazz...but in that dusty dark little… — Tiffany Reisz Copy Share Image
I can't really speak to what it was like to call yourself a feminist in the past on a personal level but… — Julie Zeilinger Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing... is leadership. It's something that has been lacking in young women and girls for a very… — Zozibini Tunzi Copy Share Image
“I get angry when women disavow feminism and shun the feminist label but say they support all the advances born of feminism… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Men are the enemies of women. Promising sublime intimacy, unequalled passion, amazing security and grace, they nevertheless exploit and injure in a… — Ann Oakley Copy Share Image
Women are the only 'oppressed' group that is able to buy most of the $10 billion worth of cosmetics each year; the… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
Domestic violence can be so easy for people to ignore, as it often happens without any witnesses and it is sometimes easier… — Honor Blackman Copy Share Image
“I’ve always found the idea of 'saving' your virginity intriguing: it’s not as if we’re packing our Saran-wrapped hymens away in the… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
“why it shou'd create more surprise, to see [a lady] preside in a council of war, than in a council of state.… — Lady Sophia Fermor Copy Share Image
I remember at the time - right before we started Feministing.com - doing a Google search for the term "young feminism" and… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
our republican ideas cannot be consistently carried out while women are excluded from any share in the government. ... Any class of… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
“When a woman fears the punishment that comes from calling herself a feminist, I ask: Will you be so unpunished if you… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
When we trust the makers of baby formula more than we do our own ability to nourish our babies, we lose a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The woman power of this nation can be the power which makes us whole and heals the rotten community, now so shattered… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
From building robots and video games to coding apps that solve a problem in your community, or 3D printing in fashion tech,… — Rana el Kaliouby Copy Share Image
“Neurotic, ha!" I let out a scornful laugh. "If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time,… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: 'You are in… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Feminism is something I think about more when I watch the film, Christine, rather than when I was actually doing it, to… — Rebecca Hall Copy Share Image
I think women have long been defined by their roles as procreators and wives, and we're expected to serve, take care of,… — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
“Because of their DNA, most men loved a damsel in distress. Every time a man sees a pretty lass in trouble, even… — Mallika Nawal Copy Share Image
I think it's very important for everyone in America to realize right now the state of our country, not just on this… — Mary Steenburgen Copy Share Image
The bottom line is, the more we have a cadre of women moving up the scale, and it doesn't seem threatening, and… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
I'm very much for helping create women who are going to be successful women. I don't like women who imitate men, who… — June Dally-Watkins Copy Share Image
What do women do when they get together? We sit around and talk! Men, not so much. My theory is that this… — Jenna McCarthy Copy Share Image
The women's movement gave me a set of tools to think about things like my body and how people react to me… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
“To win acknowledgment that women own the property in their persons thus seems to strike a decisive blow against patriarchy, but historically,… — Carole Pateman Copy Share Image
It used to be that if someone was to get involved in feminism, it was probably because they were already interested. They… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
The door might not be opened to a woman again for a long, long time, and I had a kind of duty… — Frances Perkins Copy Share Image
“Women have been so thoroughly oppressed that they have accepted unconsciously the role that the ruling sex, man, gave to them. They… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
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