Sexism Quotes · Page 2

“[N]o language has ever had a word for a virgin man.”

— Will Durant

“Me Tarz-tosterone; You Estro-Jane”

— Tony Cleaver

Men alone are not capable of making laws for men and women.

— Nellie L. McClung

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

— Oprah Winfrey

“Feminism sounds great when advocated by men.”

— Raheel Farooq

Sometimes I have this sexism coming at me.

— Laura Nyro

“He told me he was used to getting what he wanted.”

— Celia Conrad

“Homosexuals are not made, they are born.”

— Abhijit Naskar

There was really quite a remarkable level of sexism on newspapers when I started.

— Molly Ivins

Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.

— St. Jerome

Today, nobody has a problem with a women working, but every woman invariably faces casual sexism at work.

— Nushrat Bharucha

“Madame Thenardier was approaching her forties, which is equivalent to fifty in a woman...”

— Victor Hugo

Up until recently, I've said, 'I don't notice the sexism in the industry.'

— Nikki Glaser

“Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon.”

— DaShanne Stokes

As we all know, sexism in the workplace is a serious issue. It's something that needs active disruption and change.

— Whitney Wolfe Herd

raised' consciousness means lifelong bumping up against a continually receding ceiling. I mean, who ever 'graduates'?

— Robin Morgan

We have not the slightest idea that women are made of such light material that the breath of any fool or knave…

— Jane Swisshelm

We must talk about how sexism and patriarchy operate in conjunction with state violence. Until we're honest about that, and do something…

— Marc Lamont Hill

When I first joined the DA's office, there weren't that many women. So there was a fair degree of sexism. Everybody kind…

— Marcia Clark

Of course I am aware that there is a level of sexism in any large institution, but I find, in television and…

— Abi Morgan

I think that's the most dangerous kind of sexism: People don't realize it's there and we end up surreptitiously accepting it because…

— Natalie Dormer

To think that all in me of which my father would have felt proper pride had I been a man, is deeply…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“In my own small experience, sexism has been something very simple: the cumulative weight of constantly being told that you can’t possibly…

— Hope Jahren

The more that I see the sexism and misogyny that's coming at me from every direction, the less I think my films…

— Anna Biller

Despite girls' sparkling resumes - including rates of college enrollment and high school grades that outstrip boys - sexism is a barrier…

— Rachel Simmons

The racism, the sexism, I never let it be my problem. It's their problem. If I see a door comin' my way,…

— Rosie Perez

The reality is that we do not live in a predominantly feminist or 'gender equal' world, and many Australian women are experiencing…

— Tara Moss

“Disclosures of childhood sexual abuse have frequently been discredited through the diagnosis of hysteria. In this view, women/female children were seen either…

— Judith L. Alpert

“Church is important to most folks in the South. So the most important thing going is basically ruled by men as decreed…

— Trae Crowder

“That's what you men are always doing; it's so barbarously naive. You feel one of your loose desires for some woman, and…

— Aldous Huxley

There's obviously instances where I perceive sexism in my job. ... I think that the sort of sexism that I see has…

— Mindy Kaling

My idea of success was to be a boy - possibly because my brothers, Leon and Arthur, were my father's pride and…

— Lucille Kallen

“Women are not there to spike testosterone.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Women should remain at home, sit still, and bear children.

— Martin Luther

In politics, I am facing a lot of structural sexism.

— Brianna Wu

I'm shocked at the sexism and double standard coming out of the far right.

— Barbara Mikulski

It's Russia. It's a patriarchal society. That's a fact you have to get used to. We have sexism. And it's widespread.

— Ksenia Sobchak

The war against sexism is portrayed increasingly a battle long ago won. To which my response is, 'if only'.

— Layla Moran

Practically anything you read or hear about racism, sexism, and homophobia is cant.

— John Derbyshire

That's the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn't.

— Dolores Huerta