It's really important for boys to see that girls take up half of the planet - which we do. — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
What are we doing that for in the 21st century? Why on earth would we teach kids that girls are less important… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
The more hours of television a girl watches, the fewer options she thinks she has in life. — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
If we show fictional characters doing cool stuff, then girls will want to be it in real life. — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I don't know how in the twenty-first century we can possibly justify not showing girls things that they can aspire to, and… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
The whole point of why I'm doing this is to show all kids, boys and girls, that women take up half the… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
The fictitious worlds created for kids are nearly bereft of female presence. It's sending a very clear message from the beginning that… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I have a Web site that parents and girls can use to learn about Title IX and take action if they find… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I was all limbs and I was very convinced that I must be uncoordinated, so I didn't want to try any sports.… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I met the former president of Iceland [Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir] once. I think she was president for, like, 16 years or something. She… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I would say how important it is that we stop teaching kids, from the beginning, that boys are more important than girls.… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
My theory of everything is that we are training kids to have gender bias against girls, therefore when you are an adult,… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
We are in effect enculturating kids from the very beginning to see women and girls as not taking up half of the… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
In advertisements for your favorite products, are women denigrated or objectified in some way? All of that is important. I would rewrite my kids'… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
Women are in many ways second-class citizens in the United States in 2016, because of the way that we're portrayed in popular culture. — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
On film, you can't do it over again. And you do have to stop shooting at a certain point. — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I remember when 'A League of Their Own' was coming out in '92, when I was doing interviews, it seemed like every interviewer at… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
Behind the cameras, there's a different problem, which I think is not unconscious gender bias. It's probably categorized more as conscious gender bias. Because… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I was so tall in high school that I was convinced that I was uncoordinated and not athletic. I was terrified to play any… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
We all know the huge problem there is with entertainment in general leaving out women. Especially as actors, we know there are fewer great… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
That's the really frustrating thing, but also the fixable thing. My theory why no one notices is that that's the [women's roles] ratio thing… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
![“I met the former president of Iceland [Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir] once. I think she was president for, like, 16 years or something. She said she used to get letters from little boys saying, "Madam President, do you think it will ever be possible for a boy to be president?" Just like we assume that…” quote by Geena Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cab/geena-davis-2583_assuming_i-met-the-former-president-of-iceland-j_2084823.jpg)
![“That's the really frustrating thing, but also the fixable thing. My theory why no one notices is that that's the [women's roles] ratio thing they grew up with. It's just been that way forever, so they don't see it.” quote by Geena Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/934/geena-davis-2583_forever_that-s-the-really-frustrating-thing-but_195125.jpg)