“A man is unlikely to be brought within earshot of women as they judge men's appearance, height, muscle tone, sexual technique, penis… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“You know, all the methods for childbirth, whether it's Bradley or Lamaze, they've all been developed by men, ' she said. 'I… — Jennifer Block Copy Share Image
The feminist movement taught women to see themselves as victims of an oppressive patriarchy. ... Self-imposed victimhood is not a recipe for happiness. — Phyllis Schlafly Copy Share Image
“The demand to be intimate or honest with a public can be invasive when the experiences of racial others are commodified as… — Mimi Thi Nguyen Copy Share Image
“Being a feminist is like being pregnant. You either are or you are not. You either believe in the full equality of… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“When a woman reads a romance novel, she is putting her own pleasure first. That small act of rebellion is perceived as… — Maya Rodale Copy Share Image
I definitely see myself as as much a feminist as I can try to be. I know I'm not perfect, but I… — Lil B Copy Share Image
If you are born a female and live as one, you can't deny your connection to feminism. I think if you are… — Hyon Gyon Copy Share Image
“[I]f you seek in every way to minimise my firm beliefs by your anti-feminist attacks, please recall that a small dagger or… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
That is why I have called feminism nihilism. It says that being a woman is nothing definite and that the duty of… — Harvey Mansfield Copy Share Image
“I've never been angry to have been born a woman. There have been times I've been angry at how the world treats… — Renee Ahdieh Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people who say, 'Yeah yeah, I'm a feminist,' and they're not, actually. I wouldn't want to throw… — Saoirse Ronan Copy Share Image
“I believe that history repeats itself, and for that reason, I am indebted to my namesake, Huda Al-Sharawy, an Egyptian feminist, and… — Huda Sharawi Copy Share Image
I would like to say that I'm a walking poster board for feminism and women's liberation, but there are things that I… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I should say that feminism gave me permission to deal with my own emotional life and put it up front in certain… — Yvonne Rainer Copy Share Image
There'll be no sense in sexual theories until women start telling their minds; and, of course, until they have some. — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
I try to encourage myself to act in a way that supports gender equality, and I call that feminist. Whatever word people… — O. T. Fagbenle Copy Share Image
A woman who pretends to be a feminist shouldn't be taking money from countries where women are stoned, where women are killed… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
When I was young and less wise, I thought that being a feminist meant being independent. It meant not sacrificing your needs… — Emily V. Gordon Copy Share Image
“I get angry when women disavow feminism and shun the feminist label but say they support all the advances born of feminism… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“The situation is established not only to provoke defensiveness but to sidetrack the reformer into answering the wrong questions.... In this, the… — Carol J. Adams Copy Share Image
To the "masculists" of both sexes, "femininity" implies all that men have built into the female image in the past few centuries:… — Elizabeth Gould Davis Copy Share Image
I don't remember being thought of as good-looking until I became a feminist. It's more of a comment on people's expectations than… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“Let’s be very clear about this, asshole: I’ve been a woman in Arkansas. I know damn well what it means when a… — Agnostic Zetetic Copy Share Image
When I learnt, however, that in 1911 there had been twenty-one regular feminist periodicals in Britain, that there was a feminist book… — Dale Spender Copy Share Image
“We are diamonds in the rough Through the thrust and toil, we come out strong We are the breath of the earth,… — Chinonye J. Chidolue Copy Share Image
I'm a feminist because I believe in women... it's a heavy word, feminism, but it's not one I think we should run… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
I am much more open about categories of gender, and my feminism has been about women's safety from violence, increased literacy, decreased… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
“Like so many other things in the previous year, my politics had also been retooled by maternity. I began to suspect that… — Lisa Catherine Harper Copy Share Image
“The noble calling to rule and subdue the earth in God’s name was perverted, as male and female tried to rule and… — Carolyn Custis James Copy Share Image
“Mistress?” the leader would say. “Do not tell me that such a beauty as yourself dwells all alone?” “Oh, yes,” I would… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
“It is only when you are confident about your own self, that the society begins to hail you the way you want.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“It is wrong to keep spelling out unnecessary choices that make women unconsciously resist either commitment or motherhood--and that hold back recognition… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
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