I do a lot with characters' sense of identity. I also like challenging stereotypes, gender roles, things like that. Give me a… — Lynn Flewelling Copy Share Image
“What if the parents, from the beginning, taught both children to cook Indomie? Cooking, by the way, is a useful and practical… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
For a man to say, "I have to leave work now because I need to do something with my kids," it's sometimes… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Gender roles are absurd when you actually look at them. The fact that anybody could ever say or think that dressing in… — Courtney Act Copy Share Image
Call me old-fashioned, but I thought the one battle we feminists won fair and square was to convince at least those left… — Julie Bindel Copy Share Image
“I know nothing of being a wife, but I have learned much about the running and maintenance of an estate. It may… — Denise Domning Copy Share Image
Ailes built a Kingdom of Yes. That was his genius. He understood the id of many white conservatives - their sense of… — Joy Reid Copy Share Image
“It can be fun to feel exceptional--to be the loophole woman, to have a whole power thing, to be an honorary man.… — Ariel Levy Copy Share Image
When you put a halo on concepts - gender roles, religion, nationality or pride - or you put a halo on any… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
“Foremost, we need a paradigm shift in cultural attitudes towards gender stereotypes. Everyone—both men and women —needs to step outside of their… — Alisa Melekhina Copy Share Image
“The Islamic world can be viewed as an onion-layered multiple dictatorship: the dictatorship of political dynasties like the Mubarak, Gaddafi, Hussein, Ben… — Hamed Abdel-Samad Copy Share Image
“(...) psychiatrists today recognize the contortionist's act that was required of women in an age when they were expected to stifle their… — Colette Dowling Copy Share Image
Well, I was raised in the south, so it's like Bible belt vibes. I went to Catholic school, so I had a… — Violet Chachki Copy Share Image
“Magistrate: May I die a thousand deaths ere I obey one who wears a veil! Lysistrata: If that's all that troubles you,… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
“What are you?' he [Nanapush] said to Damien, who was deep in a meditation over his [chess] bishop's trajectory. 'A priest' said… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
“...Makeup is for women. It's the law of nature for them to doll themselves up to get a man." "On the contrary.… — Dawn Flemington Copy Share Image
As a dedicated, successful writer, Lydia Sigourney violated essential elements of the very gender roles she celebrated. In the process, she offered… — Lydia Sigourney Copy Share Image
“Not for the first time she reflected that there were many drawbacks to being a swordswoman, not least of which was that… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
“Understanding the shadow masculine or shadow feminine in oneself is crucial not only for enhancing one ’s own wholeness but for championing… — Carolyn Baker Copy Share Image
“It was her pleasure, her joy, to make me still the master in all things.” — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
I still believe a little bit that changing gender roles have hurt relationships. — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
people share a common nature but are trained in gender roles. — Lillie Devereux Blake Copy Share Image
“Gender roles suck," says Swift Fox. Then you should stop playing them, thinks Toby.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“American culture enforces such rigid gender roles for male friendships that they are gay unless they materially resemble a beer commercial.” — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
Perhaps we could push beyond these legalistic gender roles if we spent less time worrying about “acting like men” and “acting like… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
Children's picture books are a unique record of social evolution: in gender roles and racial politics, as is much discussed, but also… — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
“The more polarized the gender roles, the more violent the society. The less polarized the gender roles, the more peaceful the society.” — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
What I do know is that traditional gender roles are very real and flipping the norm is difficult for even the strongest,… — Patti Stanger Copy Share Image
“We are taught we can redeem them, she said to me once. We are taught it as soon as we can read.… — Louise Doughty Copy Share Image
Feminism is an attack on social practices and habits of thought that keep women and men boxed into gender roles that are… — Robert Webb Copy Share Image
“How come when girls play with gender it's a sign of strength and when boys play with gender it's a sign of… — Lori Duron Copy Share Image
“We met at all hours, whenever a new emergency demanded attention. It was not unusual to find some of us talking things… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
I think the world is kind of catching on that gender roles aren't so necessary and becoming a lot less defined and… — Mia Goth Copy Share Image
“Despite all of the social advances in women’s rights and the push for gender equality in the workplace, it seems like modern… — Shannon M Mullen Copy Share Image
The 1950s felt so safe and smug, the '60s so raw and raucous, the revolutions stacked one on top of another, in… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Dismissing socialization and gender roles as piddling compared to this amorphous idea of 'maternal imperative' is part of the reason progress is… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
“You should have seen the costumes for the last few prom themes: Pimps and their srteet ho's; CEOs and their office ho's;… — The Harvard Lampoon Copy Share Image
“Femininity is now being integrated into the sensual world. It can no longer stand as its own entity in this new era.… — Lebo Grand Copy Share Image
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