--- title: "11 Gender Role Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Gender Role quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Gender Role sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/388/colleen-hoover-124_bisexual_are-you-bisexual-labels-were-invented-fo_366997.jpg" --- > [“Are you bisexual" "Labels were invented for people like you who can't grasp a reality outside of a defined gender role. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colleen-hoover/are-you-bisexual-labels-were-invented-for-people-like-you-who-can-t/) [Colleen Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colleen-hoover/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/388/colleen-hoover-124_bisexual_are-you-bisexual-labels-were-invented-fo_366997.jpg) > [When the gender role starts to descend, boys get into the masculine box.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/when-the-gender-role-starts-to-descend-boys-get-into-the-masculine-box/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/gloria-steinem-277_boxes_when-the-gender-role-starts-to-descend-b_1140526.jpg) > [“I was dismayed to discover that even today, speaking while female remains notoriously difficult. Across cultures, there’s a rich body of evidence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-m-grant/i-was-dismayed-to-discover-that-even-today-speaking-while-female/) [Adam M. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-m-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/adam-m-grant-1427_feminism_i-was-dismayed-to-discover-that-even-tod_89824.jpg) > [We were brought up to be aware of feminism but also not to consider yourself as a woman, in a way. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellie-rowsell/we-were-brought-up-to-be-aware-of-feminism-but-also-not-to-consider/) [Ellie Rowsell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellie-rowsell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/ellie-rowsell-5162_feminism_we-were-brought-up-to-be-aware-of-femini_2056144.jpg) > [Zoologists have reckoned there are up to at least 750 species of animal that have been observed exhibiting same-sex behaviour, or gender…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/zoologists-have-reckoned-there-are-up-to-at-least-750-species-of/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/258/stephen-fry-573_animal_zoologists-have-reckoned-there-are-up-to_2673739.jpg) > [The gender prism is just descending upon us. For instance, when we're girls of nine or 10 we may be climbing trees…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/the-gender-prism-is-just-descending-upon-us-for-instance-when-we-re/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/gloria-steinem-277_adults_the-gender-prism-is-just-descending-upon_3075165.jpg) > [“I don't switch much, don't really want many people to fuck me, because there's a whole code, unwritten but no less rigid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-bear-bergman/i-don-t-switch-much-don-t-really-want-many-people-to-fuck-me-because/) [S. Bear Bergman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-bear-bergman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ff/s-bear-bergman-38810_butch_i-don-t-switch-much-don-t-really-want-ma_1970891.jpg) > [“..the hope I have for women: that we can start to see ourselves-and encourage men to see us-as more than just the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-valenti/the-hope-i-have-for-women-that-we-can-start-to-see-ourselves-and/) [Jessica Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-valenti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/141/jessica-valenti-1960_american-culture_the-hope-i-have-for-women-that-we-can-st_3133458.png) > [ “The prediction of false rape-related beliefs (rape myth acceptance \[RMA\]) was examined using the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale (Payne, Lonsway, &… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-n-baugher/the-prediction-of-false-rape-related-beliefs-rape-myth-acceptance-rma/) [Shannon N. Baugher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-n-baugher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/940/shannon-n-baugher-191951_belief_the-prediction-of-false-rape-related-bel_1953119.jpg) > [“There are several explanations offered as to why women have lower aspirations than men, including that women feel there is a lack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheryl-sandberg/there-are-several-explanations-offered-as-to-why-women-have-lower/) [Sheryl Sandberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheryl-sandberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/sheryl-sandberg-439_dreams_there-are-several-explanations-offered-a_2351089.jpg) > [ “\[...\] For instance, a gay man who played with dolls in his childhood, dresses pink and engages in anal sex with another… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-bozzino/for-instance-a-gay-man-who-played-with-dolls-in-his-childhood-dresses/) [Vincent Bozzino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-bozzino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/vincent-bozzino-91342_another-man_for-instance-a-gay-man-who-played-with-d_1588400.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gender-role/#itemlist", "name": "Gender Role Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Are you bisexual\" \"Labels were invented for people like you who can't grasp a reality outside of a defined gender role. I like what i like.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Colleen Hoover" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colleen-hoover/are-you-bisexual-labels-were-invented-for-people-like-you-who-can-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/388/colleen-hoover-124_bisexual_are-you-bisexual-labels-were-invented-fo_366997.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/388/colleen-hoover-124_bisexual_are-you-bisexual-labels-were-invented-fo_366997.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/388/colleen-hoover-124_bisexual_are-you-bisexual-labels-were-invented-fo_366997.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Are you bisexual\" \"Labels were invented for people like you who can't grasp a reality outside of a defined…” — Colleen Hoover", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When the gender role starts to descend, boys get into the masculine box.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gloria Steinem" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/when-the-gender-role-starts-to-descend-boys-get-into-the-masculine-box/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/gloria-steinem-277_boxes_when-the-gender-role-starts-to-descend-b_1140526.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/gloria-steinem-277_boxes_when-the-gender-role-starts-to-descend-b_1140526.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/gloria-steinem-277_boxes_when-the-gender-role-starts-to-descend-b_1140526.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When the gender role starts to descend, boys get into the masculine box.” — Gloria Steinem", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I was dismayed to discover that even today, speaking while female remains notoriously difficult. 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For instance, when we're girls of nine or 10 we may be climbing trees and saying, \"I know what I want. I know what I think.\" And then suddenly at 11 or 12, the gender role takes hold, and adults tell us, \"How clever of you to know what time it is.\" It happens to boys, too and even sooner - between five and eight. 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Bear Bergman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“..the hope I have for women: that we can start to see ourselves-and encourage men to see us-as more than just the sum of our sexual parts: not as virgins or whores, as mothers or girlfriends, or as existing only in relation to men, but as people with independent desires, hopes and abilities. But I know that this can't happen as long as American culture continues to inundate us with gender-role messages that place everyone-men and women-in an unnatural hierarchical order that's impossible to maintain without strife. For women to move forward, and for men to break free, we need to overcome the masculinity status quo-together.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jessica Valenti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-valenti/the-hope-i-have-for-women-that-we-can-start-to-see-ourselves-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/141/jessica-valenti-1960_american-culture_the-hope-i-have-for-women-that-we-can-st_3133458.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/141/jessica-valenti-1960_american-culture_the-hope-i-have-for-women-that-we-can-st_3133458.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/141/jessica-valenti-1960_american-culture_the-hope-i-have-for-women-that-we-can-st_3133458.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“..the hope I have for women: that we can start to see ourselves-and encourage men to see us-as more than…” — Jessica Valenti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The prediction of false rape-related beliefs (rape myth acceptance [RMA]) was examined using the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale (Payne, Lonsway, & Fitzgerald, 1999) among a nonclinical sample of 258 male and female college students. Predictor variables included measures of attitudes toward women, gender role identity (GRI), sexual trauma history, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity. Using linear regression and testing interaction effects, negative attitudes toward women significantly predicted greater RMA for individuals without a sexual trauma history. However, neither attitudes toward women nor GRI were significant predictors of RMA for individuals with a sexual trauma history.\" Rape Myth Acceptance, Sexual Trauma History, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Shannon N. Baugher, PhD, Jon D. Elhai, PhD, James R. Monroe, PhD, Ruth Dakota, Matt J. Gray, PhD”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Shannon N. Baugher" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-n-baugher/the-prediction-of-false-rape-related-beliefs-rape-myth-acceptance-rma/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/940/shannon-n-baugher-191951_belief_the-prediction-of-false-rape-related-bel_1953119.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/940/shannon-n-baugher-191951_belief_the-prediction-of-false-rape-related-bel_1953119.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/940/shannon-n-baugher-191951_belief_the-prediction-of-false-rape-related-bel_1953119.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The prediction of false rape-related beliefs (rape myth acceptance [RMA]) was examined using the Illinois…” — Shannon N. Baugher", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There are several explanations offered as to why women have lower aspirations than men, including that women feel there is a lack of fit between themselves (their personal characteristics) and senior leadership positions, which are often characterized in highly masculine terms; women feel there are too many obstacles to overcome; women do not want to prioritize career over family; women place less important than do men on job characteristics common to senior roles, such as high pay, power, and prestige; gender role socialization influences girls' and women's attitudes and choices about occupational achievement; and women are more often located in jobs that lack opportunities for advancement and they lower their aspirations in response to this disadvantageous structural position. (p.191)”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sheryl Sandberg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheryl-sandberg/there-are-several-explanations-offered-as-to-why-women-have-lower/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/sheryl-sandberg-439_dreams_there-are-several-explanations-offered-a_2351089.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/sheryl-sandberg-439_dreams_there-are-several-explanations-offered-a_2351089.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/sheryl-sandberg-439_dreams_there-are-several-explanations-offered-a_2351089.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are several explanations offered as to why women have lower aspirations than men, including that women…” — Sheryl Sandberg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“[...] For instance, a gay man who played with dolls in his childhood, dresses pink and engages in anal sex with another man triggers a gender prejudice, by proxy rather than based on a characteristic of their own, like racism and classism do: dolls and pink are traditionally associated with the feminine sphere, anal sexuality has a higher stigma mainly because a more visible power level play comes into effect (with a dominant and a submissive role) than other sex positions. Consequently, when a man crosses his \"designated\" gender role boundary of masculinity, strength, dominance into femininity, weakness, submission, then he is no longer valued as a human being, for the man has become [or is] a woman. Therefore, homophobia and transphobia are actually by-products of misogyny, which is is turn gynophobic whitewashing, deeply rooted in the dominant ideology of patriarchy and historical sexism.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vincent Bozzino" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-bozzino/for-instance-a-gay-man-who-played-with-dolls-in-his-childhood-dresses/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/vincent-bozzino-91342_another-man_for-instance-a-gay-man-who-played-with-d_1588400.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/vincent-bozzino-91342_another-man_for-instance-a-gay-man-who-played-with-d_1588400.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/vincent-bozzino-91342_another-man_for-instance-a-gay-man-who-played-with-d_1588400.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[...] For instance, a gay man who played with dolls in his childhood, dresses pink and engages in anal sex…” — Vincent Bozzino", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gender-role/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gender-role/", "name": "Gender Role Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gender-role/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/388/colleen-hoover-124_bisexual_are-you-bisexual-labels-were-invented-fo_366997.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 11 Gender Role quotes by 10 authors. 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