Feminism Quotes · Page 229

society, while willing to make room for women, is not willing to make changes for them.

— Shirley Williams

I think feminism is the worst thing that ever happened to women. Our job used to be no job. We had it…

— Ali Wong

My goal is to help women to become the best version of themselves.

— Tom Ford

Kind of paradoxically, men are very open minded or very even handed with their votes of women.

— Christian Rudder

Women are at little trouble to express what they do not feel; but men are still at less to express what they…

— Jean de la Bruyere

(Male) culture was (and is) parasitical, feeding on the emotional strength of women without reciprocity.

— Shulamith Firestone

Not one country in all the world has eliminated its economic participation [gender] gap - not one.

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Like Broadway, the novel, and G-d, feminism has been declared dead many times

— Katha Pollitt

A lot of women do a lot of harm because they don't control their emotions. But in terms of violence, men seem…

— Dennis Prager

Avon is a unique place to work; we've got family-friendly policies. We have more senior women in high-level management than any other…

— Andrea Jung

Our society is stuck in the 1700's, where a man who doesn't let people walk all over him is assertive. A woman…

— Josh Q

What the feminists want of me is something they haven't examined because it comes from religion. They want me to bear witness.

— Doris Lessing

What should matter is whether I stand for female empowerment, and I don't think there are many women out there who have…

— Megyn Kelly

Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define…

— Aaron Allston

Women hold themselves back because they don't think their perspective matters. I'm here to tell you that you're not just robbing yourself…

— Jennifer Palmieri

“In the late 19th century, women cyclists were warned they might get 'bicycle face,' giving them a jutting chin and bulging eyes.”

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Feminism is not antisexuality. On the contrary. It says that sexuality shouldn't be confused with violence and dominance and that it should…

— Gloria Steinem

“If we have no place to go where we can escape that reaction to our bodies, where is it that we're not…

— Jessica Valenti

“Psychology, she thought; that is what they called it these days, but in her view it was something much older than that.…

— Alexander McCall Smith

What I tell women who want to get on corporate boards is to get connected! Do volunteer work, network in business, join…

— Debra L. Reed

Women are more than 50% of almost every country in the world. Countries rob themselves of the resources of women if they…

— Madeleine Albright

International Women's Day means many things to many people. Officially, it is 'a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political…

— Stephanie Ruhle

It's very important for feminism for us to tell our daughters that they should be strong. But to tell our sons that…

— Chloe Zhao

“The ultimate sexist put-down: the prick which lies down on the job. The ultimate weapon in the war between the sexes: the…

— Erica Jong

Women are like coconuts. Sometimes you have to hit them really fucking hard before they will spread open.

— Nikhil Saluja

Women especially as to be talked to as below men, and above children.

— Lord Chesterfield

“All women know that bridesmaid dresses are a secret plot if the devil.”

— Helena S. Paige

I want the men of our nation to stand and take a stand against gender based violence.

— Zozibini Tunzi

Women, like men, ought to have their youth so glutted with freedom they hate the very idea of freedom.

— Vita Sackville-West

“When you are playing the ‘strong and independent’ woman game, YOU ARE IN RESISTANCE TO YOUR OWN SENSUALITY.”

— Lebo Grand

Women love the last blow as well as the last word, and when they fight for love they are pitiless as a…

— H. Rider Haggard

Men are prostrated by misfortune; women bend, but do not break, and martyr-like live on.

— Anna Cora Mowatt

The executive female talent gap is real, and that's why it's critical to champion women throughout their careers.

— Kim Reynolds

If women had to give a blowjob every time they said something bad, there would be no more obese women.

— Nikhil Saluja

Women are especially sensible in matters relating to tipping: fair but not foolish.

— Michael Frome

Women ought not to know their own wit, because they will still be showing it, and so spoil it.

— John Selden

I think the female gaze is important because we cannot have just one perspective on anything.

— Konkona Sen Sharma

The one thing I feel is very hopeful, however, is the overwhelming participation of women in the movement for change.

— David Suzuki

As educated girls become women, they can transform local communities and act as role models for younger girls.

— Tae Yoo

Women were freed from positive duties when they could not perform them, but not when they could.

— Henrietta Szold