“Valerie stood with the other women, watching the men go. She couldn't help bristling at this division of the sexes. Her fingers… — Sarah Blakley-Cartwright Copy Share Image
“You ride as a man, fight as a man, and you think as a man-" "I think as a human being," she… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
“For Archie was an expert in dividing the affairs of life into men's business and women's business. An empty cupboard and a… — E. Annie Proulx Copy Share Image
“One of the chief paradoxes of our culture [is] that the welfare of its children, its _future_, is placed almost exclusively in… — Joan Smith Copy Share Image
I think were struggling with trying to redefine various positions at this point in history. To allow freedom for women, freedom for… — Fred Ward Copy Share Image
“The woman who realizes that she is bound by a million Lilliputian threads in an attitude of impotence and hatred masquerading as… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
In many parts of the world, women and girls are especially vulnerable to HIV/AIDS because they lack control over most aspects of… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“In the midst of these fine gentlemen with their great names and their ancient traditions of respectability, the two women sat face… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
The gender prism is just descending upon us. For instance, when we're girls of nine or 10 we may be climbing trees… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“Don’t we see that men’s rightful task is to go out to work and wear themselves out trying to accumulate wealth, as… — Moderata Fonte Copy Share Image
“The summer dresses are unpacked and hanging in the closet, two of them, pure cotton, which is better than synthetics like the… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“What are you?' he [Nanapush] said to Damien, who was deep in a meditation over his [chess] bishop's trajectory. 'A priest' said… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
“The only feeling that a closer intimacy has created in him for his wife is that of indulgent contempt. As there is… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“the wounded child inside many males is a boy who, when he first spoke his truths, was silenced by paternal sadism, by… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
“Your old tutor did you a great disservice, Mr. Kynaston. He taught you how to speak, and swoon, and toss your head… — Stage Beauty Copy Share Image
“Foremost, we need a paradigm shift in cultural attitudes towards gender stereotypes. Everyone—both men and women —needs to step outside of their… — Alisa Melekhina Copy Share Image
I can't tell you how many couples I know where the husband and the wife are both in the military and have… — Tanya Biank Copy Share Image
“My throat closes against the words I can't swallow, not one more time. Because it's not true, what they're telling me--what they've… — Nicole Hardy Copy Share Image
Even though society has come a long way in correcting the inequalities between men and women in the workplace, it still has… — Bozoma Saint John Copy Share Image
“College women are typically given to declaring for one or the other (in my day, for marriage; now, generally, for careers), and… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
I do a lot with characters' sense of identity. I also like challenging stereotypes, gender roles, things like that. Give me a… — Lynn Flewelling Copy Share Image
This rule of silence is upheld when the culture refuses everyone easy access even to the word “patriarchy.” Most children do not… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Ladies, let me tell you a secret: traditional men care more about how feminine you look and carry yourself. On the other… — Lebo Grand Copy Share Image
“...What's more, I live in Berkeley, California. If princesses had infiltrated OUR little retro hippie hamlet, imagine what was going on places… — Peggy Orenstien Copy Share Image
Call me old-fashioned, but I thought the one battle we feminists won fair and square was to convince at least those left… — Julie Bindel Copy Share Image
Gender roles are absurd when you actually look at them. The fact that anybody could ever say or think that dressing in… — Courtney Act Copy Share Image
For a man to say, "I have to leave work now because I need to do something with my kids," it's sometimes… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I think we're struggling with trying to redefine various positions at this point in history. To allow freedom for women, freedom for… — Fred Ward Copy Share Image
“What if the parents, from the beginning, taught both children to cook Indomie? Cooking, by the way, is a useful and practical… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
America's liberal arts universities have long been safe zones for leftist thinking, protected ivory towers for the pseudo-elite who earn their livings… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
“Even evolutionary explanations of the traditional division of labor by sex do not imply that it is unchangeable, “natural” in the sense… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“What excited and challenged her shipmates horrified the churched women and each set believed the other deeply, dangerously flawed. Although they had… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“I know nothing of being a wife, but I have learned much about the running and maintenance of an estate. It may… — Denise Domning Copy Share Image
Well, I was raised in the south, so it's like Bible belt vibes. I went to Catholic school, so I had a… — Violet Chachki Copy Share Image
“It can be fun to feel exceptional--to be the loophole woman, to have a whole power thing, to be an honorary man.… — Ariel Levy Copy Share Image
Ailes built a Kingdom of Yes. That was his genius. He understood the id of many white conservatives - their sense of… — Joy Reid Copy Share Image
“My dear boy, no woman is a genius. Women are a decorative sex. They never have anything to say, but they say… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
As a dedicated, successful writer, Lydia Sigourney violated essential elements of the very gender roles she celebrated. In the process, she offered… — Lydia Sigourney Copy Share Image
“...Makeup is for women. It's the law of nature for them to doll themselves up to get a man." "On the contrary.… — Dawn Flemington Copy Share Image
“Magistrate: May I die a thousand deaths ere I obey one who wears a veil! Lysistrata: If that's all that troubles you,… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image