--- title: "11 Gender Thing Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Gender Thing quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Gender Thing sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea2/rain-dove-5961_construct_the-gender-thing-doesn-t-exist-it-s-a-so_1552650.jpg" --- > [The gender thing doesn't exist; it's a social construct you don't have to fit into.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rain-dove/the-gender-thing-doesn-t-exist-it-s-a-social-construct-you-don-t-have/) [Rain Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rain-dove/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea2/rain-dove-5961_construct_the-gender-thing-doesn-t-exist-it-s-a-so_1552650.jpg) > [Maybe our gender is one thing and our sexuality is another. And that's a cool thing I think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-ray/maybe-our-gender-is-one-thing-and-our-sexuality-is-another-and-that-s/) [Amy Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-ray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/amy-ray-14697_cool-things_maybe-our-gender-is-one-thing-and-our-se_608920.png) > [We are born as who we are, the gender thing is something that is imposed on you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laverne-cox/we-are-born-as-who-we-are-the-gender-thing-is-something-that-is/) [Laverne Cox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laverne-cox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfb/laverne-cox-12172_born_we-are-born-as-who-we-are-the-gender-thi_1929651.jpg) > [It's not a gender thing. You can pick anyone off the street and it depends on his or her own character how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susie-wolff/it-s-not-a-gender-thing-you-can-pick-anyone-off-the-street-and-it/) [Susie Wolff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susie-wolff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/susie-wolff-5650_car_it-s-not-a-gender-thing-you-can-pick-any_2263760.jpg) > [I was assigned male at birth, is the way I like to put it, because I think we're born who we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laverne-cox/i-was-assigned-male-at-birth-is-the-way-i-like-to-put-it-because-i/) [Laverne Cox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laverne-cox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a7/laverne-cox-12172_birth_i-was-assigned-male-at-birth-is-the-way_2404677.jpg) > [With women, you always have to make an educated decision to figure out what they're thinking. It's not one that's necessarily sympathetic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-oldham/with-women-you-always-have-to-make-an-educated-decision-to-figure-out/) [Will Oldham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-oldham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/will-oldham-7702_big-things_with-women-you-always-have-to-make-an-ed_1314078.png) > [You're brought up not to hit girls, that it's the worst sin, and that's what I do. But you know, gender is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fallon-fox/you-re-brought-up-not-to-hit-girls-that-it-s-the-worst-sin-and-that-s/) [Fallon Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fallon-fox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4f/fallon-fox-12140_fighting_you-re-brought-up-not-to-hit-girls-that_919499.jpg) > [Bodies have a sex, but gender is a thing we made up, like your star sign or nationality. It doesn't really say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-pascoe/bodies-have-a-sex-but-gender-is-a-thing-we-made-up-like-your-star/) [Sara Pascoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-pascoe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/sara-pascoe-3853_binary_bodies-have-a-sex-but-gender-is-a-thing_2158433.jpg) > [“The gender thing is a giveaway, though. Only a Radchaai would misgender people the way you do." I'd guessed wrong. "I can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-leckie/the-gender-thing-is-a-giveaway-though-only-a-radchaai-would-misgender/) [Ann Leckie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-leckie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f0/ann-leckie-8760_gender_the-gender-thing-is-a-giveaway-though-on_111918.jpg) > [I think that's my hope for a lot of the feminist movement is that the gender thing sort of stops being the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-bareilles/i-think-that-s-my-hope-for-a-lot-of-the-feminist-movement-is-that-the/) [Sara Bareilles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-bareilles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9f/sara-bareilles-2495_art_i-think-that-s-my-hope-for-a-lot-of-the_2662207.jpg) > [But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-h-w-bush/but-let-me-tell-you-this-gender-thing-is-history-you-re-looking-at-a/) [George H. W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-h-w-bush/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14c/george-h-w-bush-1459_feminism_but-let-me-tell-you-this-gender-thing-is_375656.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gender-thing/#itemlist", "name": "Gender Thing Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The gender thing doesn't exist; it's a social construct you don't have to fit into.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rain Dove" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rain-dove/the-gender-thing-doesn-t-exist-it-s-a-social-construct-you-don-t-have/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea2/rain-dove-5961_construct_the-gender-thing-doesn-t-exist-it-s-a-so_1552650.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea2/rain-dove-5961_construct_the-gender-thing-doesn-t-exist-it-s-a-so_1552650.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea2/rain-dove-5961_construct_the-gender-thing-doesn-t-exist-it-s-a-so_1552650.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The gender thing doesn't exist; it's a social construct you don't have to fit into.” — Rain Dove", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Maybe our gender is one thing and our sexuality is another. 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