Feminism Quotes · Page 221

“Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women's history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.”

— Naomi Wolf

I do think that more people are feminists than they realize.

— Jessica Valenti

It is a good thing that women are so easily manipulated. Otherwise, most of us wouldn't be here.

— William Randolph Hearst

Women or mothers in middle age or mid career have valuable life experience and may offer an untapped recruitment pool.

— Hazel Blears

“In our new world, patriarchy isn't only unjust. It is maladaptive.”

— Michelle Goldberg

“Change Feminism to Gender Equality. change the label, not the idea.”

— Darice Carins

“A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a…

— Simone de Beauvoir

Women, on average, are less knowledgeable than men. They're less intellectual than men.

— Amy Wax

And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare…

— Agnes Smedley

We have a very long way to go to really penetrate the power structure. Until that happens, you will not see stability…

— Faye Wattleton

I think that we, women, are so often defined by who our husbands are and what our husbands do. And it's time…

— Natalie Portman

I am trying to make art that relates to the deepest and most mythic concerns of human kind and I believe that,…

— Judy Chicago

I think we have some amazing leaders. But then we have some leaders who turn a blind eye to things that contribute…

— MJ Hegar

Most women at retirement have significantly less money than men, and they still get paid less than men. I'm sure that in…

— Mary Gaitskill

Because women are more than the people who raise our children, they are fantastic leaders in their own rights in our community,…

— Adam Goodes

It sometimes is a disadvantage to be so very guarded. If a woman conceals her affection from the object of it, she…

— Jane Austen

I think that popular culture takes a long time to catch up to what's actually happening in the world. Women have had…

— Lisa Edelstein

You are thinking about where your brain is at any time. It's very tricky but it's why women are very well suited…

— Meryl Streep

“I used to think I would be rewarded for good behavior. Therefore, if I wasn’t understood, I must not be understandable; if…

— Gloria Steinem

“One whose testimony made a major impact more than a decade ago is Ben Barres, formerly Barbara Barres, a biologist at Stanford…

— Rebecca Solnit

When I studied computer science at Duke University in the first half of the 1980s, I had professors who treated women differently…

— Melinda Gates

“You cannot know how many other miracles one sole miracle begets. She was not a savior. She did not confer salvation. She…

— Patricia Storace

“Women understand that there are two distinct economies: There is physical attraction, and then there is the “ideal.” When a woman looks…

— Naomi Wolf

A man is still likely to earn more money than a woman, even one doing the same job. You have a far…

— Daniel Craig

A man likes to feel that he is loved, a woman likes to be told.

— Myrtle Reed

Rebecca is an example of how not to manage men. The rules of the game never change, it requires subtlety.

— Mary Wesley

“You know what they say, ‘A woman without a man ain’t a woman.”

— Susan Denning

Women are seldom silent. Their beauty is forever speaking for them.

— Anonymous

Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they're now more and more in the power seats.

— Aretha Franklin

In the depth of her emotional integrity a woman desires to be with a man of emotional depth.

— Senoraroy

When I talk about feminism, sometimes I feel like being a black woman is cast aside.

— Jessica Williams

I want to be paid fairly for the work that I'm doing. That's what every single woman around the world wants.

— Felicity Jones

I want to encourage women not to feel weak. Don't be afraid to speak out.

— Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters

Yes, there's a problem with gender as it is today, and we must fix it, we must do better.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Men are awesome, but they're pretty easy to figure out; women are way more complicated, and way more interesting.

— Judy Greer

Without a doubt there are women who would vote intelligently. There are also men who knit socks beautifully.

— H. L. Mencken

I think any woman who has felt violated or felt mistreated in any way, they have every right to speak up.

— Nikki Haley

“The trouble with men is that they have limited minds. That's the trouble with women, too." [ "Existence" (1975)]”

— Joanna Russ

Smart women don't believe everything they hear. A smart woman let's his action speak for him, not his words.

— Anonymous

As co-founder and CEO of an AI company, I am used to there not being many women in the room, especially in…

— Rana el Kaliouby