Feminism Quotes by Cordelia Fine

“Some day, I must ask him what it's like to be married to someone who, eyes narrowed in thought, peers at him over the…

— Cordelia Fine

A member of my family, who shall remain nameless, refers to all newborns as ‘blobs’.

— Cordelia Fine

Although self-reported endorsement of sexist attitudes didn’t predict hiring bias, self-reported objectivity in decision making did.

— Cordelia Fine

“While parenthood served as no disadvantage at all to men, there was evidence of a substantial "motherhood penalty". Mothers received only half as many…

— Cordelia Fine

“As it happens, there’s a way of presenting data, called the funnel plot, that indicates whether or not the scientific literature is biased in…

— Cordelia Fine

Both women and computer science are the losers when a geeky stereotype serves as an unnecessary gatekeeper to the profession.

— Cordelia Fine

“As Harvard University psychologist Mahzarin Banaji puts it, there is no “bright line separating self from culture,” and the culture in which we develop…

— Cordelia Fine

“My husband would probably like you to know that, for the sake of my research for this chapter, he has had to put up…

— Cordelia Fine

“University of Otago social historian Hera Cook provides a beautiful illustration of exactly this point in her rich account of the sexual revolution.49 Cook…

— Cordelia Fine

“Here’s another example that some overworked mothers might find inspiring. We saw in Chapter 2 that being the one who produces the sperm doesn’t…

— Cordelia Fine

“In other words, both the descriptive (‘women are gentle’) and the prescriptive (‘women should be gentle’) elements of gender stereotypes create a problem for…

— Cordelia Fine

“Our minds, society and neurosexism create difference. Together, they wire gender. But the wiring is soft, not hard. It is flexible, malleable and changeable.…

— Cordelia Fine

“The tape measures and weighing scales of the Victorian brain scientists have been supplanted by powerful neuroimaging technologies, but there is still a lesson…

— Cordelia Fine

“When women display the necessary confidence in their skills and comfort with power, they run the risk of being regarded as ‘competent but cold’:…

— Cordelia Fine

“With a particular person in mind, or in anticipation of interacting with them, self-conception adjusts to create a shared reality. This means that when…

— Cordelia Fine