Feminist Quotes · Page 20

Putting women in military combat is the cutting edge of the feminist goal to force us into an androgynous society.

— Phyllis Schlafly

The feminist movement has not made it to the Gulf of Mexico. Never seen that movement.

— Diane Wilson

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

— Rebecca West

If I had to characterize one quality as the genius of feminist thought, culture, and action, it would be the connectivity.

— Robin Morgan

The men sometimes do a better job of concealing their hate than the women. With the feminists, you can see it in…

— Phyllis Schlafly

There are 3 billion women in the world, so there are 3 billion ways to be a feminist.

— Caitlin Moran

There's a feminist writer, Naomi Wolfe, who is reconsidering her position on abortion.

— Norma McCorvey

“Every woman, hell, every man should be a feminist, that is the only way to render this word obsolete.”

— Aysha Taryam

In those days one advantage of being a woman was that there was a basic courtesy towards us on which we could…

— Margaret Thatcher

I felt it was really, really important, not just in the vein of feminist erasure or whatever but also just as an…

— Kathleen Hanna

A woman director is not obliged to make a feminist film. She can make what she wants, a thriller, an action film,…

— Shabana Azmi

“Being treated like shit is not an amusing game or a transgressive intellectual experiment. It's something you accept, condone, and learn to…

— Lena Dunham

I do think it's important that there are feminist publications that are not dependent or only marginally dependent on advertising.

— Gloria Steinem

I’d like every man who doesn’t call himself a feminist to explain to the women in his life why he doesn’t believe…

— Louise Brealey

Until a vegan or vegetarian enters the room, people don't see themselves as meat-eaters. They are merely 'eaters', and it is we…

— Carol J. Adams

Patriarchy is bestowed on men at birth. Whether you want it or not, you have a privilege as a man, and you…

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

“The academic and writer Sara Ahmed has written brilliantly about the idea of the feminist killjoy, and why it should be embraced…

— Kira Cochrane

It was interesting that feminists of my generation told me: You are discouraging younger women; you are confirming stereotypes of women; you…

— Anne-Marie Slaughter

“The Girl Scouts allow homosexuals and atheists to join their ranks, and they have become a pro-abortion feminist training corps. If the…

— Hans Zeiger

“One show, I did a benefit for a feminist organziation…So it's all feminsts. Gloria Steinem is sitting right up front. I walked…

— Wanda Sykes

I listen to feminists and all these radical gals - most of them are failures. They've blown it. Some of them have…

— Jerry Falwell

Culture does not make people - people make culture. So if it is in fact true that the full humanity of women…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Young women know that something is off; they know that the world is a messed-up place. They know that the world is…

— Jessica Valenti

“At a small dinner with other business executives, the guest of honor spoke the entire time without taking a breath. This meant…

— Sheryl Sandberg

I'm a feminist, so it's just a really nice creative energy to work with a lot of women.

— Maggie Rogers

I've been feminist for most of my life, it is a constantly evolving idea, not something static.

— Bonnie Greer

I didn't even know I was a feminist until I read it on the back of one of my own books.

— Fay Weldon

I'm a massive feminist, but I think it's a little unfair on the other sex saying they're not in it to change…

— Jo Swinson

“Ruth was a novelist, and novelists, Oliver asserted, should have cats and books.”

— Ruth Ozeki

I still don't want to be put in the feminist bag. I'm a humanist.

— Patti Smith

There's always the danger that the extreme feminist will end up quite unfulfilled as a girl.

— Catherine Marshall

Maybe there's something about the outsiderness of being Jewish that makes for a fiery feminist type.

— Hanna Rosin

Look, a conservative feminist stands for increasing responsibility and increasing personal freedom.

— Margaret Hoover

I'm proud to call myself a feminist and am proud to say I have two young boys who are self-proclaimed feminists as…

— Dyllan McGee

I’m very feminist in the way I look at the world, and that worldview must somehow be part of my work.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I'm a proud feminist, people get irritated with that word... but we need feminism in our country.

— Jwala Gutta

The idea of what a feminist is has changed so much that there needs to be a new word for it.

— Trinny Woodall

One day I look forward to making dinner for my husband and children. I don't want to be a career feminist.

— Lisa Haydon

I wouldn't call myself a feminist, because I think there are differences between men and women.

— Shania Twain

The feminist movement has helped open minds and kitchens to the notion that men can be at home on the range.

— Rene Veaux