Feminism Quotes · Page 94

When a woman starts to disentangle herself from patriarchy, ultimately she is abandoned to her own self.

— Sue Monk Kidd

Any woman who does not live for unselfish service is a useless cumberer of the earth.

— Anna Howard Shaw

A strong man can handle a strong woman. A weak man will say she has an attitude.

— Sonya Parker

“You must give everything to make your life as beautiful as the dreams that dance in your imagination.”

— Roman Payne

Why does everybody think that women are debasing themselves when we expose the conditions of our debasement?

— Chris Kraus

We need candidates who are able to reach out to young voters, women voters.

— Elise Stefanik

I don't know if I'm a feminist, but I just know that I am all for outspoken, powerful women.

— Mac Miller

“Today, no one questions-whether women are equal to men in ability and itelligence.”

— Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Women on the way up generally fail to win popularity contests. The only compensation is that once you're there you will become…

— Lois Wyse

“Feminist politics is losing momentum because feminist movement has lost clear definitions. We have those definitions. Let's reclaim them. We can share…

— bell hooks

It is odd enough to see how the entrance of a person of the opposite sex into an assemblage of either men…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“After years of knowing her, a woman’s beauty shouldn’t be able to reach straight into a man’s chest and squeeze the breath…

— Brent Weeks

Black women have never embraced feminism. They didn't embrace it in the '50s and '60s; they're not embracing it now. That's not…

— Faith Ringgold

When the sexes differ in beauty, in the power of singing, or in producing what I have called instrumental music, it is…

— Charles Darwin

That a majority of women do not wish for any important change in their social and civil condition, merely proves that they…

— Lydia M. Child

Your voice is much more articulate and people listen to you if you've been to school. In family decisions, not surprisingly, the…

— Amartya Sen

“The 1970s-80s social movement called U.S. third world feminism functioned as a central locus of possibility, an insurgent social movement that shattered…

— Anonymous

“Me vinieron a la mente todas las cosas que me habían molestado hasta ese momento, todas las veces que alguien me había…

— Bridget Christie

If it's not as easy as we thought it was, for women to speak our truth, to even know our truth, then…

— Elizabeth Lesser

It took the United States until 1920 to give women the franchise and another 40 or 50 years to start utilizing women's…

— James E. Rogers

While education is hugely important, the ways in which women are portrayed in their communities are equally important. Portraying women as victims…

— Philomena Kwao

I get very frustrated when I hear women saying, "Oh, feminism is passé," because I think feminism means empowerment. Men can be…

— Annie Lennox

Men's bodies are our women's works of art. Given to us power of control, we will never carelessly throw them in to…

— Olive Schreiner

“This is what consent culture means. It means expecting more — demanding more. It means treating one another as complex human beings…

— Laurie Penny

“Many women talk a lot out of nervousness-which is something that men will often perceive as insecurity.”

— Sherry Argov

There is a direct connection between violence against the Earth and violence against women.

— Lee Maracle

'Power' is an explosive word, particularly when applied to women.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Women are allowed more freedoms and we're fighting for more freedoms, we're experiencing more freedoms won.

— Pam Grier

Is there no way for men to be, but women Must be half-workers?

— William Shakespeare

When women didn't show the world ALL that they have to offer. Mystery keeps em coming back.

— Anonymous

Even if a woman is abused a very long time ago, it comes out in her life in a negative way.

— Catherine Deneuve

“I think of feminism as poetry; we hear histories in words; we reassemble histories by putting them into words.”

— Sara Ahmed

Women are great bullsh*t detectors. They know when it's not real.

— Sharleen Spiteri

A man's whole life / may be a metaphor - but a woman's lot / is symbol.

— Lorna Dee Cervantes

Women tell me they are different since 21 May - the day I was arrested - it's a positive change, they believe now.

— Manal al-Sharif

Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to others.

— Amelia Earhart

I identify as a feminist. I have so many feminist beliefs - and then I'm so mean to myself about my body…

— Busy Philipps

Cynicism lost and hope won. For the first time, the government of Quebec will be led by a woman.

— Pauline Marois

The truth is, women don't stand up, they're too hushed, they don't like to say stuff.

— Lisa Lopes

We must develop a truly global roadmap to eradicate all forms of discrimination still suffered by women.

— Pedro Sanchez