“... I felt that it was not so different from all the other advice handed out to women, to girls, advice that… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“We tend to mix genders when we arrange ourselves around a table for meetings. A sort of accommodation is made by the… — Anne Truitt Copy Share Image
“I wanted to be a woman, but that seemed to me to be a world to which I was to be eternally… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Given our socialization into dependency, women are also poor risk takers. (...) We avoid new situations, job changes, moves to different parts… — Colette Dowling Copy Share Image
I think feminism's a bit misinterpreted. It was about casting off all gender roles. There's nothing wrong with a man holding a… — Zosia Mamet Copy Share Image
“If reconciling your feminist values with your sexual preferences is something you’re struggling with, don’t panic. But try to believe what I’m… — Krista Burton Copy Share Image
“What excited and challenged her shipmates horrified the churched women and each set believed the other deeply, dangerously flawed. Although they had… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I'm seeing more and more interesting horror come my way. More and more interesting thrillers and genre films are coming my way… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
I still believe a little bit that changing gender roles have hurt relationships. — Kenya Barris 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
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 workplace would allow parents to work part time, to share jobs, to take personal leaves to give birth, tend to a… — Arlie Hochschild Copy Share Image
“Even evolutionary explanations of the traditional division of labor by sex do not imply that it is unchangeable, “natural” in the sense… — Steven Pinker 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
“In the time we spend reeling in confusion, grasping at straws trying to piece our egos together, we forget to acknowledge some… — Brianna Wiest Copy Share Image
“Depression, somehow, is much more in line with society's notions of what women are all about: passive, sensitive, hopeless, helpless, stricken, dependent,… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“the wounded child inside many males is a boy who, when he first spoke his truths, was silenced by paternal sadism, by… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
people share a common nature but are trained in gender roles. — Lillie Devereux Blake Copy Share Image
“Composure and self-restraint were not only desirable characteristics in a woman, they were essental. As my mother put it later, it was… — Kay Redfield Jamison 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
I can't tell you how many couples I know where the husband and the wife are both in the military and have… — Tanya Biank Copy Share Image
“People call me a feminist whenever I express statements that distinguish me from a doormat.” — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
“Like it or not, today we are all pioneers, picking our way through uncharted and unstable territory. The old rules are no… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
The scene at a certain time was definitely boys; those huge warehouses were kind of violent parties, even. I think people in… — Le1f 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
