Gender Quotes · Page 19

A core plank of left-wing academic thought is that gender and race are 'socially constructed.'

— Heather Mac Donald

A gender-equal society would be one where the word 'gender' does not exist: where everyone can be themselves.

— Gloria Steinem

There is no denying that we have made great progress toward gender equality.

— Stephanie Coontz

my spirit is too ancient to understand the separation of soul & gender

— Ntozake Shange

“What was it that marked me as a woman and was I prepared to let it go?”

— Sara Sheridan

I'm pretty sure Magic Mike' is the best funded gender studies thesis ever so I'm going to have to see that.

— Leigh Bardugo

It's tough advocating for trans visibility and not being pigeonholed as just a trans actress.

— Trace Lysette

“There are many worlds in the 'Realm of Worlds' where the ascendant beings are not male or female.”

— Anne Rice

It's not often that Rwanda's record on women's rights surpasses Britain's. But, shamefully, when it comes to the gender pay gap, the…

— Cathy Newman

You think intercourse is a private act; it's not, it's a social act. Men are sexually predatory in life; and women are…

— Andrea Dworkin

Before my mother was a King, she climbed trees and wrestled with boys. And won. Even as a child, Coretta Scott demonstrated…

— Bernice King

Eating is our earliest metaphor, preceding our consciousness of gender difference, race, nationality, and language. We eat before we talk.

— Margaret Atwood

“Gone are the days when girls used to cook like their mothers and boys used to dress like their fathers. Now girls…

— Habeeb Akande

My gender has roots in my brain, possibly biochemical ones, living very close to the roots of my self-image... Far, far closer…

— Norah Vincent

One reason that we have collectively plugged our ears against a decade of dismal revelations about Bill Cosby is that he made…

— Rebecca Traister

My theory of everything is that we are training kids to have gender bias against girls, therefore when you are an adult,…

— Geena Davis

President Obama's version of America is a divided one - pitting us against each other based on our income level, gender, and…

— Mia Love

For the audience, actors carry out specific roles of men and women through the character that they play out on screen. The…

— Farah Khan

For the record, this isn’t a male/female thing. It’s a people thing. You talk about men being cold...you should see women from…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Mr. Smith yelled at the doctor, What have you done to my boy? He's not flesh and blood, he's aluminum alloy!" The…

— Tim Burton

The real debate about both the horrific inequality in the world and about the terrorism and frightening instability in the world requires…

— Jeremy Griffith

There is no "true Islam," just different interpretations. Since I brought up patriarchy, let me make one thing clear. I am not…

— Shirin Ebadi

I think also, obviously, having someone like Lucas [Goodman], and the people around me are very, not gender-driven or any of that,…

— Jillian Hervey

If I only care about equality for transgender people, then I am leaving so many people behind - if I'm not at…

— Sarah McBride

My own personal, moral, spiritual, religious, etc. beliefs don't oppose same-gender marriage.

— Ed Case

Gender is the poetry each of us makes out of the language we are taught.

— Leslie Feinberg

Caitlyn Jenner, for all of her flaws, did start a conversation around the world about gender.

— Courtney Act

Parenting is about being competent and responsible. It's not about gender, necessarily.

— Dan Savage

“It's illegal to deny people their records due to race or gender. Adoptees deserve the same rights and protections.”

— DaShanne Stokes

What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or…

— Chinua Achebe

Heterosexuality - whichever gender you are - says that the other gender is very important to you.

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

When I put the shot, it's feminine, because I'm female. Athletic motion doesn't have a gender.

— Maren Seidler

I was a me-ist. I believed in the right to do whatever I wanted to do regardless of gender. Still do.

— Suzi Quatro

If you fall in love with someone gay and you're the opposite gender, it's not going to work.

— Rosie O'Donnell

A learned woman is thought to be a comet, that bodes mischief whenever it appears.

— Bathsua Makin

“No, I'm the human here. I'm the life at stake. I'm the one with fingernails, who feels pain. Me.”

— Alicen Grey

I just want people to know that. I'm not trying to make space for other trans women.

— Patti Harrison

I do see the ministry of Human Resources Development through the prism of gender. I see it through the prism of capabilities.

— Smriti Irani

'Ki And Ka' in a very sweet way says that if you have talent, then gender doesn't matter.

— Arjun Kapoor

I never went through a gender identity problem, but I did with my sexuality.

— Robert Lepage