Gender Quotes · Page 24

Thus, gender ideology no only creates ides about femininity but it also shapes conceptions of masculinity.

— Patricia Hill Collins

Often people detransition because life as a trans person is very difficult.

— Torrey Peters

I have disregarded gender when deciding which part to audition for.

— Asia Kate Dillon

I still believe a little bit that changing gender roles have hurt relationships.

— Kenya Barris

“One only has to read interviews with outstanding women to hear them apologizing”

— Monique Wittig

The issue of transsexualism is an ethical one that has profound social and moral ramifications.

— Janice Raymond

Hedi was and is still misspelled 'Heidi,' and my perception of genders ended up slightly out of focus from an early age.

— Hedi Slimane

If one is of the masculine gender, a poodle is the insignia of one's deviation.

— Mart Crowley

“No matter the species, the deadliest gender is always the female. Men will fight until they die. Women will take it to…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

There's the same percentage of genius happening in both genders, but there's less women writing scripts and out there looking for the…

— Dan Harmon

Transgender people, especially transgender women of color, face pervasive discrimination throughout life, including by those sworn to protect us.

— Sarah McBride

“[I]f you seek in every way to minimise my firm beliefs by your anti-feminist attacks, please recall that a small dagger or…

— Christine de Pizan

Don't get me wrong, I personally love the colour pink. But the gender divide over toys and books is surely worth taking…

— Cathy Newman

“I have become very aware how under-represented are the stories of the underprivileged and undervalued. Our records are, in general, very male…

— Sara Sheridan

Ah, well, do I wish that we lived in a world where gender didn't figure so prominently? Of course. Do I even…

— Judy Chicago

Obviously, there is much similarity among the challenges of transgender people and all women - from health care to harassment to discrimination…

— Gloria Steinem

“When you grow up as a girl, it is like there are faint chalk lines traced approximately three inches around your entire…

— M.E. Thomas

Whatever you proclaim as your identity here in the material realm is also your drag. You are not your religion. You are…

— RuPaul

“Perhaps your better age is finally past it, reader, but my society—despite our neuter efforts—still shoves gender down our throats, imbibed in…

— Ada Palmer

The further left you are, the more your concern for the underdog crowds out everything else, leading you to overlook inconsistencies. You…

— Daniel Hannan

Generally, I start by observing the existing and popular narratives in my social spheres and media, and the pressures I face in…

— Vivek Shraya

Regardless of the gender of the highest wage earner, the balance of power in the relationship will suffer if the higher earner…

— Marian Keyes

We don't have a clue what it is to be male or female, or if there are intermediate genders. Male and female…

— Kathy Acker

“Why aren’t you asking a hundred other guys why they don’t write strong women characters? I believe that what I’m doing should…

— Joss Whedon

war is a man's game ... the killing machine has a gender and it is male.

— Virginia Woolf

“I understand more that pain is evidence to our awakening to truth and also a measure of closeness to truth.”

— Adam Scott Huerta

Choosing a Board of Directors based on race and gender is a lousy way to run a company.

— T. J. Rodgers

If there were genders to genres, fiction would be unquestionably feminine.

— William H. Gass

Typical news accounts and commentaries about school shootings and rampage killings rarely mention gender.

— Jackson Katz

Androgyny suggests a spirit of reconciliation between the sexes.

— Carolyn Heilbrun

I don't want to sound pompous, but I really think your gender doesn't necessarily dominate your sexual activity.

— John Lone

I've never treated anyone badly or in a discriminatory way based on their gender, race, religion or sexuality - period.

— Mel Gibson

I've certainly encountered prejudice. An awful lot of people do get upset if they 'clock' that I'm trans.

— Rebecca Root

A basis for much of the pain women suffer in real life is they must somehow resolve their devotion to men.

— Billy Cannon

Bros before hoes? Screw that. More like 'Anyone who has my back before people who don't, no matter what gender they are.'

— Anonymous

We just want to help people understand that it's okay to be transgender, and they're just like everyone else.

— Jazz Jennings

“sex separation in the classroom leads to a bullshit socio-economic situation perpetuated by people with good intentions.”

— Darnell Lamont Walker

“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

“You can’t really mean to punish the entire male gender for the errors of a few”

— Alyssa Rose Ivy

By December 2009, I had come to terms with my gender identity just as I was deployed to Iraq.

— Chelsea Manning