From my earliest memory, times of crisis seemed to end up with women in the kitchen preparing food for men. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Most of the female characters I admire come from science fiction and fantasy, maybe because there's more permission to shake up gender… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“People like to think they're open-minded, but if you toss a tired gender stereotype on their path they'll run with it every… — Karen M. McManus Copy Share Image
“I think it is a man’s subtle, not overt, energetic influence that’s responsible for building a solid sensual feminine identity.” — Lebo Grand Copy Share Image
“People call me a feminist whenever I express statements that distinguish me from a doormat.” — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
“It’s time to be a woman again whose essence is grounded in her sensual feminine identity.” — Lebo Grand Copy Share Image
It's not at all a far jump to think that overall perceptions of gender - and what is and is not important… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
I feel nowadays that both women and men are embracing their individuality rather than being defined by gender roles. — Miranda Kerr Copy Share Image
The 1950s felt so safe and smug, the '60s so raw and raucous, the revolutions stacked one on top of another, in… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
“You should have seen the costumes for the last few prom themes: Pimps and their srteet ho's; CEOs and their office ho's;… — The Harvard Lampoon Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is time to debate culture. The common story is that in 'real' African culture, before it was tainted by the… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“Archer had reverted to all his old inherited ideas about marriage. It was less trouble to conform with the tradition and treat… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“Femininity is now being integrated into the sensual world. It can no longer stand as its own entity in this new era.… — Lebo Grand Copy Share Image
Dismissing socialization and gender roles as piddling compared to this amorphous idea of 'maternal imperative' is part of the reason progress is… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
“I wanted to be a woman, but that seemed to me to be a world to which I was to be eternally… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
claims about what's 'natural' have long been used to reinforce traditional gender roles and values. ... Even the notion that women should… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
“Wonder Woman completely eschewed a damsel in distress role by instead being a superhero of unparalleled skill, and the inversion of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Though Jones had formerly believed himself in the very prime of youth and vigor, his first encounter with Lady Bellaston both vexed… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“While we avoid taking credit for success, women leap at the opportunity to take responsibility for failure. Men tend to externalize the… — Colette Dowling Copy Share Image
“And even though I knew in my head there’s nothing a man can do that a woman can’t, I also knew in… — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
“Composure and self-restraint were not only desirable characteristics in a woman, they were essental. As my mother put it later, it was… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“What matters that I was born a woman, if I can cure your misfortunes? I pay my share of tolls and taxes,… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
“To be Queen Elizabeth within a definite area, deciding sales, banquets, labours, and holidays; to be Whitely within a certain area, providing… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“... I felt that it was not so different from all the other advice handed out to women, to girls, advice that… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“ What is a woman's place in this modern world? Jasnah Kholin's words read. I rebel against this question, though so many… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Sex may be completely out in the open now, but it's still defined and controlled by a powerful subset of elite men.… — Carina Chocano Copy Share Image
“Given our socialization into dependency, women are also poor risk takers. (...) We avoid new situations, job changes, moves to different parts… — Colette Dowling Copy Share Image
“We tend to mix genders when we arrange ourselves around a table for meetings. A sort of accommodation is made by the… — Anne Truitt Copy Share Image
“Could Stephen have met men on equal terms, she would always have chosen them as her companions; she preferred them because of… — Radclyffe Hall Copy Share Image
“[...] For instance, a gay man who played with dolls in his childhood, dresses pink and engages in anal sex with another… — Vincent Bozzino Copy Share Image
“Depression, somehow, is much more in line with society's notions of what women are all about: passive, sensitive, hopeless, helpless, stricken, dependent,… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“It was true. Men could be with whomever they pleased. But women had to date better, kinder, richer, and bright, bright, bright,… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
I'm interested in the female dom/male sub dynamic, and how superficially it can seem like a total reverse of gender roles and… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
“After endless cajoling, rationalizing, ego stroking, and outright begging—all to no avail—Isa decided that what Marco didn’t know wouldn’t hurt him.” — Margarita Barresi Copy Share Image
“gender-bending among men is often an artifact of the sexualized female avatars, rather than an explicit attempt to explore gender roles.17” — Nick Yee Copy Share Image
“Why love has to intense? Women's love isn't. It is a male contribution to a relationship. What does a woman contribute? Children… — Aporva Kala Copy Share Image
“I think it is the masculine energy or man’s subtle, not overt, energetic influence that’s responsible for building a solid sensual feminine… — Lebo Grand Copy Share Image
“Playing roles in any relationship is false and will inevitably lead to the relationship's collapse. Noone can be any one thing all… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
“These older women knew their place, staying tucked away, fading into the background. Mostly, they tended the kitchen, where they learned to… — Miriam Karmel Copy Share Image
A man may welcome his beloved with circumstance, but a woman's love and her concern for his well-being are discreet. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
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