Feminism Quotes · Page 235

A real man never stops trying to show his woman how much she means to him, even after he already has her.

— Anonymous

I don't think a woman has to act like a man to show that she has strength.

— Little Richard

Most beautiful, good things were done by women people scorn.

— Gillian Flynn

There is no "beginning" of feminism in the sense that there is no beginning to defiance in women.

— Sheila Rowbotham

Remember, 20 percent of women have inferiority complexes, 70 percent have illusions.

— Elsa Schiaparelli

All women have the same value but they are born with different circumstances.

— Anonymous

If you're a strong man, you should not feel threatened by strong women

— Barack Obama

To me, feminism is believing in women's equality, and I ardently ascribe to that belief.

— Cory Booker

I don't think we really think about where we get our equality from. There is a sense of feminism and women become…

— Anastasia Griffith

“I'm here because you're here. When a man loves a woman, he wants to spend time with her. Even if that means…

— Rachel Gibson

If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power…

— Bell Hooks

“How could they think women a recreation? Or the repetition of bodies of steady interest? Only the ignorant or the busy could.”

— Jack Gilbert

I would [call myself a feminist], yes, I believe in the unadulterated advancement of women. And we have so far to go…

— Rashida Jones

Men want to know everything about the woman they are interested in. They kind of believe that a woman can't have her…

— Koena Mitra

We work to create a new wave of feminism that is more inclusive. I want others to feel equal. It's so great…

— Petra Collins

It's hard to tell whether the ship or airplane - they're all the same, I'm convinced - is male or female; it…

— Anonymous

The building up of a new, far-reaching system of inspection on the question of equal pay, with power to investigate every business…

— Alice Paul

I'm very interested in the visual world because I'm also very interested in feminism. I find that the world of watching takes…

— Jenny Hval

I feel like people think of me as someone who really believes in a "sex as empowerment" philosophy, like Sasha Grey or…

— Marie Calloway

The Pavlovian view of women voters - plug the words in, and they will respond - sends a chill down my spine…

— Deborah Tannen

“Feminist narrative theory notes that for most of literary history there's been an imbalance between men's and women's stories. Male characters go…

— Laurie Frankel

While most men don't have first-hand experience with gender-based discrimination, we can still be powerful allies for advancing women's rights. We need…

— Cory Booker

Madonna has a far profounder vision of sex than do the feminists. She sees both the animality and the artifice. Changing her…

— Camille Paglia

I don't have a horror story to share like the ones we have heard from so many women in the #MeToo movement...…

— Tina Smith

An honourable agreement among men as to their conduct toward women, and it was devised by women.

— Don Herold

I hate generalizing. But what I've seen, from what I've observed, fundraising's an issue for women candidates.

— Ronna McDaniel

When a man gives his opinion he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion she's a bitch.

— Bette Davis

Whatever each individual woman is facing - only she knows her biggest challenge.

— Gloria Steinem

For many women today, on a personal level, the problem is not male dominance so much as male desertion.

— Nancy Pearcey

A real man will find a way to make his girl happy and not worrying about those women who are following him.

— Mary Joy Casquejo

I think Julia is defining a new feminism. It's the power of the open heart. And its ok to be sexual.

— Kenny Loggins

Women are capable of accomplishing just as much as men are but aren't always given the same attention and opportunity.

— Bea Miller

I'm not a strong woman at all. And I'm not a feminist. In fact, I'm very weak.

— Neena Gupta

A woman doesn't just love a man. She loves who he is. And, who he is is dependent on what he needs.

— James MacArthur

Sometimes it feels like the feminist movement never happened.

— Maxine Peake

A real man wants a woman who'll love him completely, a woman he can die for whole heartedly.

— Terry Mark

Thank God for such women, who make no apologies for their oceanic depth and riptides of emotion.

— David Deida

I think as a woman it's in our nature to nurture someone else. Sometimes at the expense of ourselves.

— Emilia Clarke

Women give us solace, but if it were not for women we should never need solace.

— Don Herold

I'm really aware of how feminism and feminist rhetoric has been appropriated by the right.

— Jessica Valenti