Age Quote by Abigail Adams

It is one thing to say, "Some men shall rule," quite another to declare, "All men shall rule," and that in virtue of the…

— Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi

During the long ages of class rule, which are just beginning to cease, only one form of sovereignty has been assigned to all men--that,…

— Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi

It is in the province of home and society that woman has fashioned the customs. Here, women's approval and disapproval, wishes and wants, have…

— Ellen Key

We should not be too familiar with the lower orders or with women,

— Confucius

Wherever it has been established that it is shameful to be involved with sexual relationships with men, that is due to evil on the…

— Plato

Since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavor to obtain good customs.

— Francis Bacon

I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade-or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to…

— Anonymous

The world hasn't changed that much; men still rule.

— Philippa Gregory

“Don’t be controlled by the tradition of men”

— Sunday Adelaja

It's like suddenly in the Middle Ages, people figured men should be in charge of women's bodies since they were in charge of pretty…

— Inga Muscio

At the end of the day, the sovereignty of maleness is an illusion. In essence and in origin, we are all entirely female.

— Anohni

“It must appear to every one (...) a matter of the greatest surprise, to observe the universal prevalence of prejudice and custom in the…

— Lady Sophia Fermor