Racism and sexism are not "problems" or "topics." They are ways of defining reality and living our lives that most of us… — Paula Rothenberg Copy Share Image
As a woman, I have faced issues that men do not have to face - sexism included. I think that all women… — Kat Timpf Copy Share Image
Women are socialized to be nice, to be docile. I call it 'shrink to fit': Shrink yourself to fit what others expect… — Meg Ryan Copy Share Image
When I was trying to get into acting, to have been a model was about as low as you could get in… — Joanna Lumley Copy Share Image
While not all men are sexist, all women face the impact of sexism in some way, so the point is there's a… — Laura Bates Copy Share Image
I am convinced that this country is ready to have a woman in the White House, but I also think there's still… — Anne-Marie Slaughter Copy Share Image
All the many brands of suppression - racism, sexism, heterosexism, ageism, classism - are historical; they have not been always with us.… — Clara Fraser Copy Share Image
Economically, legally, and politically powerless throughout much of western history, women have been linked to nature and the unknowable through metaphors of… — Whitney Chadwick Copy Share Image
So, my unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this. When faced with sexism, or ageism, or lookism, or even really… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
Sometimes we say we want an end to hate or racism or sexism. But we all participate in keeping these structures alive.… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
What surprises me is-even though discrimination against women and racial discrimination still exist, they have improved a lot, especially among artists. And… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
Our love of lockstep is our greatest curse, the source of all that bedevils us. It is the source of homophobia, xenophobia,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I think racism is a bottom-line AIDS issue. And I think homophobia is a bottom-line AIDS issue, and sexism and class issues… — Ann Northrop Copy Share Image
“I draw a line down the middle of a chalkboard, sketching a male symbol on one side and a female symbol on… — Jackson Katz 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
When I was thinking about these women characters, no matter how bad a person I am - a bad writer, my limitations,… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
“The problem with confronting people who make these comments is that the most you will get out of it is mockery and… — Kaitlyn Scarboro Copy Share Image
Women were formed to temper Mankind, and sooth them into Tenderness and Compassion; not to set an Edge upon their Minds, and… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“Only when we got to the workforce did we start to care about gender issues. Now a lot of young women are… — Lynn Povich Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t like I believed that sexism didn’t exist,” said Jesse. “It was just that it didn’t occur to me that what… — Lynn Povich Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a sphere for sex. Every man has a different sphere, in which he may or may… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
We are growing up. We are growing up! Out of the idiocies - the ignorances of racism and sexism and ageism and… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Racism and sexism, misogyny and homophobia, they're so visible. They're out in the open. When they're visible, it's a lot easier to… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
[Sexism is] behavior, policy, language, or other action of men or women which expresses the institutionalized, systematic, comprehensive, or consistent view that… — Cheris Kramarae Copy Share Image
Not only does society suffer from racism and sexism but it also suffers from ageism. Once you reach a certain age you're… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
“I find it strange that practicing law in a comfortable well-heated office is considered too demanding an occupation for women, yet laboring… — Shirley Tallman Copy Share Image
“Don't look at me like that. This is a book about a sex scandal: did you really expect me to be a… — Laura Steven Copy Share Image
“Surely, of all creatures that have life and will, we women are the most wretched. When, for an extravagant sum, we have… — Euripides Copy Share Image
“That’s it, guys,” I muttered, picking up one of the—undeniably pretty shoes—and looking at it. “That’s how we battle sexism. We don’t… — Emma Hart Copy Share Image
Because homophobia is still largely driven by the church, it's legitimised. It's also tied to sexism, because those two are never far… — Marlon James Copy Share Image
This is an industry rife with racism, sexism and homophobia. It is so closely woven into the fabric of the business that… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
“What used to be edgy (divorces) has become mainstream and what used to be mainstream (racism and sexism) has become shocking.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
The "Otherizing" of women is the oldest oppression known to our species, and it's the model, the template, for all other oppressions. — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
“As difficult an environment as the DA's Office could be, I saw no overarching conspiracy against women. The unequal treatment was usually… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
Facing sexism and racism and classism and transphobia, there are ways to choose to act in those situations, and there shouldn't be… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
A woman's suffering is never above half known, for the fact of the publicity of her wrongs is counted to her for… — Caroline Norton Copy Share Image
I'll watch a movie only if it meets the following criteria: 1. It has to have at least two women in it.… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
“...[W]e must admit that... law must be valid, not merely for men, but for all rational creatures generally, not merely under certain… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Sexism and racism are parallel problems. You can compare them in some ways, but they're not at all the same. But they're… — Frida Kahlo Copy Share Image
You know, sexism in the punk scene - or just in rock and roll in general - is so easily demonstrated by… — Laura Jane Grace Copy Share Image
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