Feminism Quotes · Page 161

“Chivalry does not imply that women are powerless. On the contrary, chivalry is an admission of women’s superiority.”

— Beth Fantaskey

Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women.

— Kate Smith

Most of the people we worked with were men. And the women were secretaries.

— Keren Woodward

Women treat us [men] like humanity treats gods – they worship us and keep bothering us to do something.

— Oscar Wilde

The claim that American women are downtrodden and unfairly treated is the fraud of the century.

— Phyllis Schlafly

Women should take care of each other, not tear each other down.

— Jennifer Garner

I have always thought the women's movement traded too much on outrage and not enough on ridicule.

— Mary Beard

Men know something that women don't know. Never ask directions of a stranger.

— Craig Brown

Men are destroyed for being rebellious, and women destroy themselves by failing to be rebellious. Unless you can make that next jump…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Women, on average, tend to be more aware of their emotions, show more empathy, and are more adept interpersonally. Men on the…

— Daniel Goleman

The women at all levels of the entertainment industry - from interns to Oscar winners - who kept quiet to protect their…

— Whitney Wolfe Herd

The women themselves say they're far more likely to care about flexibility. The men say, 'I'm far more likely to care about…

— Warren Farrell

There's such a stigma against females and them speaking their mind and them being confident and stubborn that it's almost like it…

— Sabrina Claudio

Boys are more likely than girls to look at the cost-benefit tradeoff of going to college. The imbalance of far more women…

— Phyllis Schlafly

We must act with vindictive earnestness against the Sioux, even to their extermination, men, women and children... during an assault, the soldiers…

— William Tecumseh Sherman

My favourite spectator sport is watching people who should know better searching for something, and often claiming to find it, where it…

— Julie Burchill

Including women in climate policy and solutions can enhance the results, leading to more economic growth and sustainable outcomes. However, we cannot…

— Patricia Espinosa

“some women can steal your heart by their beauty, some can steal your mind by their intelligence and others can steal your…

— Savi Sharma

“WOMEN AND CHILDREN.” STILL? You’re on the Titanic II. It has just hit an iceberg and is sinking. And, as last time,…

— Charles Krauthammer

I think countries are now, leaders are now more conscious of the importance of having women engage in their country's development plan.…

— Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Many women try to advance in their careers by having all the answers; by being the go-to person for information and advice;…

— Adena Friedman

“Very early on in writing the series, I remember a female journalist saying to me that Mrs Weasley, 'Well, you know, she’s…

— J.K. Rowling

Yet if women are so flighty, fickle, changeable, susceptible, and inconstant (as some clerks would have us believe), why is it that…

— Christine de Pizan

Most women without childrenspend much more time than men on housework; with children, they devote more time to both housework and child…

— Arlie Hochschild

The primary cause of this national crisis is the feminization of men.

— Tony Evans

We don't love a woman for what she says, we like what she says because we love her.

— Andre Maurois

Women are generally drawn to men who can protect and provide.

— Mazher

There is not a woman born who desires to eat the bread of dependence.

— Susan B. Anthony

It is proven that when women are educated, the ability of the country goes up immediately.

— Angelique Kidjo

The beauty of being a feminist is that you get to be whatever you want. And that's the point.

— Shonda Rhimes

I would never have seen myself as a gung-ho feminist growing up; my mum was quite scathing of bra-burners and things.

— Cathy Newman

In 1995, I was thrust into the role of reluctant, flag-waving feminist and emotionally-focused artist/advocate.

— Alanis Morissette

To protest free speech in the name of protecting women is dangerous and wrong.

— Betty Friedan

The whole world is strewn with snares, traps, gins and pitfalls for the capture of men by women.

— George Bernard Shaw

Two things man has struggled to understand for years 1) The mysteries of the universe 2) The mind of a woman.

— Jatinder Babbar

the position of women, that sad and well-nigh universal blot on civilizations, was never far from her mind.

— Rose Macaulay

No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.

— Anonymous

The idea that Democrats have a lock on the female vote is contradicted by history.

— S.E. Cupp

Old school feminism, coveting social power, is blind to woman's cosmic sexual power.

— Camille Paglia

One day an army of gray-haired women may quietly take over the Earth!

— Gloria Steinem