--- title: "4 Feminine Quotes By Julia Serano" description: "4 Feminine quotes by Julia Serano. Plus more from Julia Serano and more Feminine sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/julia-serano-16814_eye_in-trans-women-s-eyes-i-see-a-wisdom-tha_135076.jpg" --- > [In trans women's eyes, I see a wisdom that can only come from having to fight for your right to be recognized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-serano/in-trans-women-s-eyes-i-see-a-wisdom-that-can-only-come-from-having/) [Julia Serano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-serano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/julia-serano-16814_eye_in-trans-women-s-eyes-i-see-a-wisdom-tha_135076.jpg) > [ “\[U\]ntil feminists work to empower femininity and pry it away from the insipid, inferior meanings that plague it - weakness, helplessness, fragility,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-serano/u-ntil-feminists-work-to-empower-femininity-and-pry-it-away-from-the/) [Julia Serano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-serano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9c/julia-serano-16814_feminine_u-ntil-feminists-work-to-empower-feminin_2586024.jpg) > [When you're a trans woman, you are made to walk this very fine line, where if you act feminine you are accused…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-serano/when-you-re-a-trans-woman-you-are-made-to-walk-this-very-fine-line/) [Julia Serano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-serano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3b/julia-serano-16814_accused_when-you-re-a-trans-woman-you-are-made-t_2745975.jpg) > [ Evidence that \[feminine aesthetic preferences and ways of expressing oneself\] may be hardwired comes from the fact that they typically appear early… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-serano/evidence-that-feminine-aesthetic-preferences-and-ways-of-expressing/) [Julia Serano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-serano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/300/julia-serano-16814_aesthetic_evidence-that-feminine-aesthetic-prefere_3220216.jpg) ## Other authors on Feminine - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/abhijit-naskar/) - [Lebo Grand 21 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/lebo-grand/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/rajneesh/) - [Roman Payne 16 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/roman-payne/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gloria-steinem-38879.jpg) Gloria Steinem 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/gloria-steinem/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-simone-de-beauvoir-85532.jpg) Simone de Beauvoir 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/simone-de-beauvoir/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-deida-27373.jpg) David Deida 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/david-deida/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-betty-friedan-17596.jpg) Betty Friedan 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/betty-friedan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marianne-williamson-63745.jpg) Marianne Williamson 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/marianne-williamson/) - [Emma Mildon 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/emma-mildon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sue-monk-kidd-87785.jpg) Sue Monk Kidd 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/sue-monk-kidd/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terence-mckenna-89395.jpg) Terence McKenna 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/terence-mckenna/) ## More by Julia Serano > [In trans women's eyes, I see a wisdom that can only come from having to fight for your right to be recognized as female,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-serano/in-trans-women-s-eyes-i-see-a-wisdom-that-can-only-come-from-having/) [Julia Serano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-serano/) > [“Male pride is not really about pride. It's about fear - the fear of being seen as feminine. And that's why "girl stuff" is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-serano/male-pride-is-not-really-about-pride-it-s-about-fear-the-fear-of/) [Julia Serano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-serano/) > [“See, we live in a phallus obsessed culture, where we're all brought up to believe that everything having to do with gender and sexuality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-serano/see-we-live-in-a-phallus-obsessed-culture-where-we-re-all-brought-up/) [Julia Serano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-serano/) > [Many of us reject all of the inferior meanings and connotations that others project onto femininity - that it is weak, artificial, frivolous, demure,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-serano/many-of-us-reject-all-of-the-inferior-meanings-and-connotations-that/) [Julia Serano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-serano/) > [I am rather disturbed by the fact that so many people—who are neither medical professionals nor trans themselves—would want to hear all of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-serano/i-am-rather-disturbed-by-the-fact-that-so-many-people-who-are-neither/) [Julia Serano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-serano/) > [“Sexism occurs when we assume that some people are less valid or natural than others because of their sex, gender, or sexuality; it occurs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-serano/sexism-occurs-when-we-assume-that-some-people-are-less-valid-or/) [Julia Serano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-serano/) > [“Alliance-based activism begins with the recognition that we are all individuals, each with a limited history and experiencing a largely unique set of privileges,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-serano/alliance-based-activism-begins-with-the-recognition-that-we-are-all/) [Julia Serano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-serano/) > [My parents were exclude from rights as farm workers, though that has to change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-serano/my-parents-were-exclude-from-rights-as-farm-workers-though-that-has/) [Julia Serano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-serano/) > [The hardest part has been learning how to take myself seriously when the entire world is constantly telling me that femininity is always inferior…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-serano/the-hardest-part-has-been-learning-how-to-take-myself-seriously-when/) [Julia Serano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-serano/) > [Be happy when you don't notice that you're getting old, it means you have had a great life so far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-serano/be-happy-when-you-don-t-notice-that-you-re-getting-old-it-means-you/) [Julia Serano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-serano/) > [Fetishes are literally viewed as fake forms of attraction. The fetish concept is used to delegitimatize attraction to any and all bodies that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-serano/fetishes-are-literally-viewed-as-fake-forms-of-attraction-the-fetish/) [Julia Serano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-serano/) > [Life has taught you many things, and the people close to you want you to have a good future, but it isn't their future…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-serano/life-has-taught-you-many-things-and-the-people-close-to-you-want-you/) [Julia Serano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-serano/) > [“No form of gender equity can ever truly be achieved until we first work to empower femininity itself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-serano/no-form-of-gender-equity-can-ever-truly-be-achieved-until-we-first/) [Julia Serano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-serano/) > [“The thing that always impresses me about human beings is our diversity. Even when we are brought up in similar environments, we still somehow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-serano/the-thing-that-always-impresses-me-about-human-beings-is-our/) [Julia Serano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-serano/) > [“It is offensive that so many people feel that it is okay to publicly refer to transsexuals as being “pre-op” or “post-op” when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-serano/it-is-offensive-that-so-many-people-feel-that-it-is-okay-to-publicly/) [Julia Serano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-serano/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/julia-serano/#itemlist", "name": "4 Feminine Quotes By Julia Serano", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In trans women's eyes, I see a wisdom that can only come from having to fight for your right to be recognized as female, a raw strength that only comes fro unabashedly asserting your right to be feminine in an inhospitable world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Julia Serano" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-serano/in-trans-women-s-eyes-i-see-a-wisdom-that-can-only-come-from-having/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/julia-serano-16814_eye_in-trans-women-s-eyes-i-see-a-wisdom-tha_135076.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/julia-serano-16814_eye_in-trans-women-s-eyes-i-see-a-wisdom-tha_135076.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/julia-serano-16814_eye_in-trans-women-s-eyes-i-see-a-wisdom-tha_135076.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In trans women's eyes, I see a wisdom that can only come from having to fight for your right to be…” — Julia Serano", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“[U]ntil feminists work to empower femininity and pry it away from the insipid, inferior meanings that plague it - weakness, helplessness, fragility, passivity, frivolity, and artificiality - those meanings will continue to haunt every person who is female and/or feminine.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Julia Serano" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-serano/u-ntil-feminists-work-to-empower-femininity-and-pry-it-away-from-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9c/julia-serano-16814_feminine_u-ntil-feminists-work-to-empower-feminin_2586024.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9c/julia-serano-16814_feminine_u-ntil-feminists-work-to-empower-feminin_2586024.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9c/julia-serano-16814_feminine_u-ntil-feminists-work-to-empower-feminin_2586024.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[U]ntil feminists work to empower femininity and pry it away from the insipid, inferior meanings that plague…” — Julia Serano", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you're a trans woman, you are made to walk this very fine line, where if you act feminine you are accused of being a parody, but if you act masculine, it is seen as a sign of your true male identity. 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