Feminism Quotes · Page 89

The more women succeed and rise up into positions of power, the more remote they become from actual masculine energy.

— Camille Paglia

The future of Dharma is in women's hands now because they have this energy which was never really tapped.

— Tenzin Palmo

Women are not just victims; they are survivors and leaders on the community-level backlines of peace and stability.

— Zainab Salbi

The number of women in power positions is a fraction of the number of men in such positions.

— James Franco

If more males would stand up and be men, then more females would sit down and be ladies

— Ali_Khan

Our sex still strikes an awe upon the brave, And only cowards dare affront a woman.

— George Farquhar

Many women have been successful at breaking the glass ceiling only to find a layer of men.

— Jane Harman

Patriarchy has stolen our cosmos and returned it in the form of 'Cosmopolitan' magazine and cosmetics.

— Mary Daly

I think that’s what Toni Morrison and Alice Walker understand, the secret language of women. That it’s not a secret at all;…

— Marlon James

I think it's a really important thing for women to be able to just put their hands up and go, I can't…

— Caitlin Moran

Women are prevented by the threat and reality of male violence from entering public space on equal terms with male citizens.

— Sheila Jeffreys

Women have a better sense of smell than men do, and it's even sharper in the middle of their menstrual cycle, when…

— Helen Fisher

The Platform for Action gives due emphasis to the fact that women globally have continued to have insufficient access to the resources…

— Jenny Shipley

Wonder Woman is most definitely a feminist, or a humanist, in no uncertain terms. Her prime goal in life is to teach…

— George Perez

“Woman are told they can’t start a business. They need more positive role models. Government Contracting can be a way to get…

— Linda Rawson

I've been woken up by things like the MeToo movement. I didn't realize how much of the patriarchy was ingrained within my…

— Wunmi Mosaku

“In looking at our our individual classroom pedagogies and our isolated artistic endeavors, we must broaden the frame of analysis to consider…

— Ann Elizabeth Armstrong

If you raise an intelligent girl she will become a feminist because of the facts of her own life. Raising feminist boys…

— Anna Quindlen

“Men have an easier time finding the mentors and sponsors who are invaluable for career progression. Plus, women have to prove themselves…

— Sheryl Sandberg

“A lifted world lifts women up," the Socalist explained. You cannot lift the world at all While half of it is kept…

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

“As Atwood concludes after a random and informal sampling, men and women differ markedly in the 'scope of their threatenability': 'Why do…

— Shuli Barzilai

Women are being told "you are future leaders." Meanwhile, we are more than our jobs. One reason Sex and the City was…

— Camille Paglia

To become a token womanwhether you win the Nobel Prize or merely get tenure at the cost of denying your sistersis to…

— Anonymous

“Free and accessible child care has always been a fundamental demand of the women’s movement, but the legislative efforts to pass such…

— Lynn Povich

The most important thing in a relationship between a man and a woman is that one of them must be good at…

— Linda Festa

I have watched lives change. I have seen women gain confidence.

— Amanda Lindhout

“you say that men are worse than women, as most people do, then of course we improve them by closer political”

— Bayard Taylor

Did it never strike your mind that what every woman says, some women may feel?

— Thomas Hardy

All women are basically in competition with each other for a handful of eligible men.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Females remind me of the hot heats of Hell some though are sensative to the points of fragile

— C-DASH

Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I want women to have all the opportunities that they aspire to.

— Nancy Pelosi

Women hold all the power. They should use it like a whip, not offer it up like a sacrifice.

— Tarryn Fisher

We are so used to seeing women as victims of war to be pitied rather than survivors of war to be respected.

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

The empowerment of girls and women is an essential tool to preventing the HIV/AIDS emergency from exploding any further

— Ashley Judd

“When you dig under the surface, past the necessities, men and women don't mix.”

— Jeanette Winterson

“irritability in men is regarded as a sign of status. But when women lose their temper they’re seen as less competent.”

— Valerie Young

Courage to be is the key to revelatory power of the feminist revolution.

— Mary Daly

I think powerful women don't care whether or not they're liked.

— Tama Janowitz

It's such a male-dominated industry. You can be a feminist, it's just difficult because it sometimes comes back at you.

— Gemma Arterton