A man, without at least a pinch of femininity, will never…

... the majority of colored men do not yet think it worth while that women aspire to higher education… The three R's, a littlemusic…

— Anna Julia Cooper

Patriarchy values the hard over the soft; the tough over the tender; punishment, vengeance, and vindictiveness over compassion, negotiation, and reconciliation. The 'hard' qualities…

— Starhawk

“I had a romance novel inside me, but I paid three sailors to beat it out of me with steel pipes.”

— Patton Oswalt

Freud says, Man fears that his strength will be taken from him by woman, dreads becoming infected with her femininity and then proving himself…

— Camille Paglia

I want to show straight men and gay men alike that self-care and grooming isn't mutually exclusive with, like, femininity or masculinity.

— Jonathan Van Ness

I think we won't be able to understand the operations of trans-phobia, homophobia, if we don't understand how certain kinds of links are forged…

— Judith Butler

People of all sexes have the right to explore femininity, masculinity-and the infinite variations between-without criticism or ridicule.

— Leslie Feinberg

To be secure everywhere is the mark of sophistication, to be unshakable is the mark of courage, to be permanently in love with every…

— Eknath Easwaran

“Gone are the days when girls used to cook like their mothers and boys used to dress like their fathers. Now girls drink like…

— Habeeb Akande

What was so interesting about the glam era was that it was about bisexuality and breaking down the boundaries between gays and straights, breaking…

— Todd Haynes

I think when we start to understand what masculinity and femininity is, then men won't fear so much the feminine side coming out. And…

— Hamid Drake

Quite honestly, even as a woman dealer, I really wasn't interested in masculinity or femininity as such. What was important to me was the…

— Virginia Dwan

Femininity and masculinity are social constructs. Female and male are biological. We don't have to learn to be men or women but we do…

— Rita Mae Brown

Our ability to fall in love requires enough comfort with our masculinity to join it with someone's femininity and feel enhanced. .. . If…

— Frank Pittman

Masculinity & femininity are just styles. They are interpretations

— Rad Hourani