“Asking men to cut away their “feminine” traits asks them to cut away half their humanity, just as asking women to suppress… — Kameron Hurley Copy Share Image
Every night in my dreams, a man appeared from the darkest recesses of my mind, as if he'd been waiting for me… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
Charisma is the numinous aura around a narcissistic personality. It flows outward from a simplicity or unity of being and a composure… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
At a young age, boys learn that to express compassion or empathy is to show weakness. They hear confusing messages that force… — Jennifer Siebel Newsom Copy Share Image
I want my sons to escape the pressure to be a particular kind of masculine that is so damaging to men and… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
Sports nurtures dreams of achieving self confidence and masculine striving for the skinny kid watching a boxer dance around the ring with… — Armstrong Williams Copy Share Image
“Femininity is now being integrated into the sensual world. It can no longer stand as its own entity in this new era.… — Lebo Grand Copy Share Image
I would say that each of us has only one thing to gain from the feminist movement: Our whole humanity. Because gender… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“I have an extremely strong, masculine mind and a feminine sensibility level, which is kind of an unusual combination. Both men and… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
I thought perhaps if I tried something that was so masculine perhaps that's what I would become. Sadly, that wasn't the case...… — Laurel Hubbard Copy Share Image
Economically, legally, and politically powerless throughout much of western history, women have been linked to nature and the unknowable through metaphors of… — Whitney Chadwick Copy Share Image
“He lifted his head, the sight of his dark, disheveled hair, eyes glinting with longing in the lamp light, the gorgeous spread… — Emme Rollins Copy Share Image
The worst is when men try too hard, because it's not very masculine. Your outfit has to look like 'Oh, I just… — Eva Green Copy Share Image
Men have discovered their distinctive virtues and vices through grappling with the perennial dilemmas and demands of love, courage, pride, family, and… — Waller R Newell Copy Share Image
I have a very feminine voice when I write, a very womanly point of view. My last name feels strong and powerful.… — Banks Copy Share Image
The strong emergence of pro-feminine values in highly masculine societies signals that traditional masculine structures will continue to be challenged as the… — John Gerzema Copy Share Image
“Ladies, let me tell you a secret: traditional men care more about how feminine you look and carry yourself. On the other… — Lebo Grand Copy Share Image
I have always loved tartans - such an ornamented type of weaving, so vivid in colour, and such a masculine aspect. But… — Christian Louboutin Copy Share Image
I have probably four or five male friends who have a real strong masculine side but some degree of a feminine side,… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
Women should not have to adopt masculine traits in order to succeed. You should be able to stay as a woman, and… — Isla Fisher Copy Share Image
Turns out he does run," Nick drawled. "Given an incentive. And he wouldn't be so out of breath if he hadn't kept… — Sarah Rees Brennan Copy Share Image
“Pure masculine virility can be found and cultivated, not by honing one's muscles or mastering pick-up lines, but through the action of… — VD Copy Share Image
The Black female is assaulted in her tender years by all those common forces of nature at the same time she is… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
What I like about being an actress is that it keeps you feminine. Being a director and producer makes you manly and… — Bai Ling Copy Share Image
Married life, if lived with the proper love and understanding, helps awaken the feminine within a man, and the masculine within a… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
I don't know why I've always been uncomfortable being too feminine. If a dress has too many flowers on it, if I'm… — Moon Bloodgood Copy Share Image
In the United States adherence to the values of the masculine mystique makes intimate, self-revealing, deep friendships between men unusual. — Myriam Miedzian Copy Share Image
I kind of dated a woman-ish, but there's just something about a man that's just masculine, and just there's things that women… — Karrueche Tran Copy Share Image
Adam was the image of God, he was man and woman, and yet neither of them before his Eve, but a masculine… — Jakob Bohme Copy Share Image
Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Lesbians are likely to be drawn to stand-up, if only because it's cheaper to produce and therefore more accessible for women. But… — Kate Clinton Copy Share Image
Talk about sexist - have you ever, ever, heard someone come up to a woman and say 'find your masculine side?' And… — Brad Stine Copy Share Image
I have a lot of Breton striped top and silk shirts that always feel good. I also like things with a masculine… — Jessica Raine Copy Share Image
We may say that many, if not all, of the personality traits which we have called masculine or feminine are as lightly… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
I'm just being myself, honestly. I know society puts it, Oh, this is masculine and this is feminine. I don't put myself… — Brittney Griner Copy Share Image
The sombre-suited masculine world of the Protestant religion is altogether too much like a gentlemen's club to which the ladies are only… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
“Beowulf is usually seen as a masculine text, but I think that's somewhat unfair. The poem, while (with one exception) not structured… — Maria Dahvana Headley Copy Share Image
Men, also, have in them enormous capacities that they have to repress and fear in themselves, living up to this obsolete and… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
Like the Pentagon, our social science often reduces all phenomena to dollars and body counts. Sexuality, family unity, kinship, masculine solidarity, maternity,… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
Women are penalized both for deviating from the masculine norm and for appearing to be masculine. When women try to establish their… — Kathleen Hall Jamieson Copy Share Image
