“Sickening, the way the youngest de Vibrey girl, to humour the whim of her kinky old father, is actually riding side-saddle today.… — A.P Copy Share Image
“Usually, when we think of power, we think of external power. And we think of powerful people as those who have made… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“It’s not about how women are deficient. It’s more about how men are deficient. Our social deficiencies, lack of perspective, or whatever… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
My mother saw nothing inconsistent in her traditional desire to look after her husband and children and her radical politics. She began… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
Male bashing is everywhere. It would be a mistake to view the current situation as another skirmish in the war between the… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
You need companies investing in these countries, so women have employment opportunities, and you also need these forces of conscience. Without the… — Pietra Rivoli Copy Share Image
BlogHer would not exist...if we hadn't made a commitment that the only way to work with women in an entirely new record-breaking… — Lisa Stone Copy Share Image
“As I was editing this chapter, a survey of more than thirty-five hundred Australian surgeons revealed a culture rife with bullying, discrimination,… — Cordelia Fine Copy Share Image
Wherever I am, I see the yoke on women in some form or another. On some it sits easy for they are… — Abby May Alcott Copy Share Image
It is the woman - nearly always - in spite of all the advances of modern feminism, who still takes responsibility for… — A. N. Wilson Copy Share Image
We will have gone from men telling us condescendingly to not bother our pretty little heads about important things like politics, to… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
In almost every professional field, in business and in the arts and sciences, women are still treated as second-class citizens. It would… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
“Women were most frequently institutionalized by the order of husbands and fathers, whose will and opinion superseded the women’s. A doctor’s legal… — Kate Clifford Larson Copy Share Image
“Suffragists had often staged political “pageants” in which they wore sashes emblazoned “Votes for Women.” But 1921, the year following the ratification… — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
“ What is a woman's place in this modern world? Jasnah Kholin's words read. I rebel against this question, though so many… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I wouldn't advocate for a feminism that's buttoned-up and divorced of the messiness of our real lives. Your feelings are your feelings,… — Melissa Gira Grant Copy Share Image
“Of the various qualities of leadership, women were rated far, far ahead of men on being “honest,” “intelligent,” “compassionate,” “outgoing,” and “creative,”… — Linda Tarr-Whelan Copy Share Image
The influence of woman is the same everywhere. Her condition influences the morals, manners, and character of the people of all countries.… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Aggressive and hard-charging women violate unwritten rules about acceptable social conduct. Men are continually applauded for being ambitious and powerful and successful,… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“There are times when girls are inspired, when they want the risks to go on and on. They want to be heroines,… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“A theory in the flesh means one where the physical realities of our lives- our skin color, the land or concrete we… — Michelle Cliff Copy Share Image
“What is whiter than snow?' he said. 'The truth,' said Grania. 'What is the best colour?' said Finn. 'The colour of childhood,'… — Augusta Gregory Copy Share Image
I think women need to stop fighting women. But not just fighting each other, fighting ourselves. I honestly think self-love is so… — Harnaam Kaur Copy Share Image
“...we need to think about sex and gender in a more ecological kind of framework, understanding that changes in one environment inevitably… — J. Jack Halberstam Copy Share Image
Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist… — Hanna Rosin Copy Share Image
I believe that the matter is automatically self-regulating; that those women who prefer the home and have an ability for it will… — Mary Roberts Rinehart Copy Share Image
If we are going to out-innovate, out-compete, out-educate other countries, it's going to be women who make a difference, it's women who… — Kirsten Gillibrand Copy Share Image
Women are tough campaigners. They certainly know how to withstand attacks. And I think we make a mistake if we say, as… — Ellen Malcolm Copy Share Image
“I think," said my neighbour, her chin very high in the air (and still spiffed, I am glad to say) "that women… — Joanna Russ Copy Share Image
I really don't like women who try to be men. All these politicians, I think they're horrendous. We could have a brilliant… — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
Equal pay for equal work continues to be seen as applying to equal pay for men and women in the same occupation,… — Alice S Rossi Copy Share Image
People ask me why I am a feminist. Because I am a woman of freedom and equality and it is not possible… — Maria Teresa Horta Copy Share Image
“To step outside of patriarchal thought means overcoming the deep-seated resistance within ourselves toward accepting ourselves and our knowledge as valid. It… — Trista Hendren Copy Share Image
At the end of the day I have many answers for it. It has to do with my mom, who was an… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
“The real desire [of feminism] is to break away from rationalism, androcentrisim and all forms of philosophy and practices that discriminate against… — Gerald O. West Copy Share Image
Perhaps both men and women in America may hunger, in our material, outward, active, masculine culture, for the supposedly feminine qualities of… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Every woman deals with sexism most every day of their lives. Growing up, it's just in your day-to-day. There are all these… — Amy Schumer Copy Share Image
Women have an incredible ability to pick up on emotional signals. For example, there are some wolves that are so clever they… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
Women, who enjoyed a high social status and levels of education under Saddam, saw terrible setbacks as Iraq fell into civil war.… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' is an idealized, fun comedy world in which feminism is an underlying value that all the characters have. Equality is… — Stephanie Beatriz Copy Share Image
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