“Roughing it builds a boy's character, but only certain kinds of roughing it.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
people share a common nature but are trained in gender roles. — Lillie Devereux Blake Copy Share Image
I still believe a little bit that changing gender roles have hurt relationships. — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
“He says in his defence he never meddled with married women, only with virgins.” — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“It was her pleasure, her joy, to make me still the master in all things.” — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“She wondered if all boys were like this, their meanness a self defense.” — Omar El Akkad Copy Share Image
“Males have been groomed since birth, according to the specifications of a sick and perverse society, to become instruments of war.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“Real equality for men and women needs a men’s movement to sweep away the gender roles that we continue to impose on… — Anne-Marie Slaughter 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
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
“Gender is a shell game. What is a man? Whatever a woman isn't. What is a woman? Whatever a man is not.… — Naomi Alderman 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
I particularly like, with Indigenous characters, having conversations around gender fluidity, gender roles, and different worldviews. — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
“You ride as a man, fight as a man, and you think as a man-" "I think as a human being," she… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
claims about what's 'natural' have long been used to reinforce traditional gender roles and values. ... Even the notion that women should… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
“Valerie stood with the other women, watching the men go. She couldn't help bristling at this division of the sexes. Her fingers… — Sarah Blakley-Cartwright Copy Share Image
I think were struggling with trying to redefine various positions at this point in history. To allow freedom for women, freedom for… — Fred Ward Copy Share Image
“The woman who realizes that she is bound by a million Lilliputian threads in an attitude of impotence and hatred masquerading as… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
“For Archie was an expert in dividing the affairs of life into men's business and women's business. An empty cupboard and a… — E. Annie Proulx Copy Share Image
“One of the chief paradoxes of our culture [is] that the welfare of its children, its _future_, is placed almost exclusively in… — Joan Smith 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
“Because human beings lived then in a world in which physical strength was the most important attribute for survival; the physically stronger… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“ Eyebeam: What do you mean, I have “male answer syndrome”? Sally: It’s the compulsion to provide an answer to any question,… — Sam Hurt Copy Share Image
“Wonder Woman completely eschewed a damsel in distress role by instead being a superhero of unparalleled skill, and the inversion of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I don’t think male gamers are more or less sexist than non-gamers. Sexism is unfortunately still a large problem in our culture… — Julie Ann Dawson Copy Share Image
“What is a woman to me? The answer must be: A projection. Who is projecting, and for what reason, I cannot necessarily… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
“And even though I knew in my head there’s nothing a man can do that a woman can’t, I also knew in… — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
“Though Jones had formerly believed himself in the very prime of youth and vigor, his first encounter with Lady Bellaston both vexed… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“While we avoid taking credit for success, women leap at the opportunity to take responsibility for failure. Men tend to externalize the… — Colette Dowling Copy Share Image
“I love you," he said. She looked up at him, her eyes shiny and black, then looked away. "I know," she said.… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“Z ipes’s concerns overlap with those of feminists such as Marcia Lieberman, Karen Rowe, Sandra Gilbert, Susan Gubar, and, to a lesser… — Anonymous 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
“The most common theory points to the fact that men are stronger than women and that they have used their greater physical… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Finding The Man. Keeping The Man. Not scaring The Man, building up The Man, following The Man, soothing The Man, flattering The… — Joanna Russ 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
“Fear (...) that has no relation to capabilities or even to reality is epidemic among women today. Fear of being independent (that… — Colette Dowling Copy Share Image
“The modifications of the family structure by this state of affairs is important. The couple feels isolated, surrounded by children who cost… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
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