The patriarchy is alive and well in Egypt and the wider Arab world. — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
“One does not like to be told that one is naturally the inferior of a little man” — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
If patriarchy had a specific beginning in history, it can also have an end — Maria Mies Copy Share Image
“John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage.” — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
“All the bloodsheds in human history have been caused by men, not women.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“He came to see, and I did too, that patriarchy wounds men also, that men have their own journeys to make in… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
Shaming is one of the deepest tools of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy because shame produces trauma and trauma often produces paralysis. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
To indoctrinate boys into the rules of patriarchy, we force them to feel pain and to deny their feelings. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Feminism requires precisely what patriarchy destroys in women: unimpeachable bravery in confronting male power — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
Patriarchy is so ingrained in our psyche, that most us propagate it in small ways even without realizing. — Shoojit Sircar Copy Share Image
The most effective way to defeat patriarchy is to defy and disown its self-legitimating narrative. — John Lamb Lash Copy Share Image
“The letting go of patriarchy which creates one-sided citizens of women and men alike and culminates in violent living and violent relationships.” — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
For nearly as long as civilization has existed, patriarchy - enforced through the rights of the firstborn son - has been the… — Hanna Rosin Copy Share Image
“We need to highlight the role women play in perpetuating and sustaining patriarchal culture so that we will recognize patriarchy as a… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The enemy of feminism isn’t men. It’s patriarchy, and patriarchy is not men. It is a system, and women can support the… — Justine Musk Copy Share Image
“Women of the thinking society are the builders of nations. Women of the sentient society are the builders of the world. And… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“The curse that was laid upon Eve—her desire would be for her husband, and her pain in childbirth would be greatly multiplied—even… — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
“In patriarchy, the female is not only seen as property—first her father’s, then husband’s—her sexual sanctity and propriety become central to these… — Namit Arora Copy Share Image
“Gender equality is not a belief, it is not an idea - it is a key element of the society that will… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“When I was doing the Mademoiselle application my husband would peer over my shoulder and say, "What are you doing competing with… — Elizabeth Winder Copy Share Image
If my stories make people uncomfortable, because it questions your set ideas and value systems that are convenient for a group of… — Kanika Dhillon Copy Share Image
“What a wretched circle this poor way of reasoning among the Men draws them insensibly into. Why is learning useless to us?… — Lady Sophia Fermor Copy Share Image
“We have noted thatthe two creation stories contained no pointers toward male “headship” in the sense that men or husbands are supposed… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
“the Men, biased by custom, prejudice, and interest, have presumed boldly to pronounce sentence in their own favour, because possession empowered them… — Lady Sophia Fermor Copy Share Image
I think that what we need is a balance between men and women. I don't believe in the value of the matriarchy… — James Wasserman Copy Share Image
“Only a revolution of values...will end male violence, and that revolution will necessarily be based on a love ethic. To create loving… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
“IT is enough for the Men to find a thing establish'd to make them believe it well grounded. In all countries we… — Lady Sophia Fermor Copy Share Image
“back in the middle ages they burned unruly women at the stake and out of the ashes of their bones and flesh… — Leah Harris Copy Share Image
“Religious fundamentalism advocates homophobia, misogyny, xenophobia, polygamy and many other primitive evils. Can you imagine, somebody telling you, your love for your… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I faced a lot of opposition from my family and I battled patriarchy. — Mallika Sherawat Copy Share Image
