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title: "21 Oppression Women Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 21 Oppression Women quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Oppression Women sayings and thoughts."
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> [I mostly hate organized religion, which I think is a force for the oppression of women and creates warfare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/i-mostly-hate-organized-religion-which-i-think-is-a-force-for-the/)

[Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/)

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> [I do feel visceral revulsion at the burka because for me it is a symbol of the oppression of women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/i-do-feel-visceral-revulsion-at-the-burka-because-for-me-it-is-a/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [When you have increasing power of religious groups, oppression of women increases. Women are oppressed in all religions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nawal-el-saadawi/when-you-have-increasing-power-of-religious-groups-oppression-of/)

[Nawal El Saadawi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nawal-el-saadawi/)

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> [The oppression of women knows no ethnic nor racial boundaries, true, but that does not mean it is identical within those boundaries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/the-oppression-of-women-knows-no-ethnic-nor-racial-boundaries-true/)

[Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/)

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> [The oppression of women is the single most corrosive and urgent problem of our time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandi-carlile/the-oppression-of-women-is-the-single-most-corrosive-and-urgent/)

[Brandi Carlile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandi-carlile/)

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> [“Women prefer to serve the present and are afraid of age; they are in the grip of youth of their dreams. Age…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramoedya-ananta-toer/women-prefer-to-serve-the-present-and-are-afraid-of-age-they-are-in/)

[Pramoedya Ananta Toer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramoedya-ananta-toer/)

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> [Let us recognize that we can no longer tolerate violent oppression of women in the name of religion and culture any more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayaan-hirsi-ali/let-us-recognize-that-we-can-no-longer-tolerate-violent-oppression-of/)

[Ayaan Hirsi Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayaan-hirsi-ali/)

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> [I am always revolted when Islamic leaders, from Afghanistan or elsewhere, deny the very existence of female oppression, avoid the issue by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/i-am-always-revolted-when-islamic-leaders-from-afghanistan-or/)

[Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/)

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> [The fear that we cannot grow beyond whatever distortions we may find within ourselves keeps us docile and loyal and obedient, externally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/the-fear-that-we-cannot-grow-beyond-whatever-distortions-we-may-find/)

[Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/)

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> [Feminists have convinced themselves that any difference between men and women is oppression and that women in the United States are an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-schlafly/feminists-have-convinced-themselves-that-any-difference-between-men/)

[Phyllis Schlafly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-schlafly/)

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> [“You look at us and you see oppression; we see stability and harmony. You see corruption; we see ties of family, friendship,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gruber/you-look-at-us-and-you-see-oppression-we-see-stability-and-harmony/)

[Michael Gruber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gruber/)

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> [Until men learn to celebrate and operate on the feminine aspect of themselves and stop the oppression of women, children, the environment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cromwell/until-men-learn-to-celebrate-and-operate-on-the-feminine-aspect-of/)

[James Cromwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cromwell/)

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> [I am not saying that a female-dominated or Amazon society based on the oppression of men is any more "just" than is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-chesler/i-am-not-saying-that-a-female-dominated-or-amazon-society-based-on/)

[Phyllis Chesler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-chesler/)

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> [Feminism has never emerged from the women who are most victimized by sexist oppression; women who are daily beaten down, mentally, physically,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/feminism-has-never-emerged-from-the-women-who-are-most-victimized-by/)

[Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/)

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> [“We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings. But, once recognized, those which do not enhance our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/we-have-been-raised-to-fear-the-yes-within-ourselves-our-deepest/)

[Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/)

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> [“The kind of emancipation that is being put forward today in technologically based cultures is crying out for women at last to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-ratzinger-benedict-xvi/the-kind-of-emancipation-that-is-being-put-forward-today-in/)

[Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-ratzinger-benedict-xvi/)

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> [Women themselves condition their daughters to serve the system of male primacy. If a daughter challenges it, the mother will generally defend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/women-themselves-condition-their-daughters-to-serve-the-system-of/)

[Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/)

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> [“So if the traditions and culture of the Eastern community are blindly compelled to hurt a woman’s dignity, insult and degrade her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huda-sharawi/so-if-the-traditions-and-culture-of-the-eastern-community-are-blindly/)

[Huda Sharawi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huda-sharawi/)

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> [“We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings. But, once recognized, those which do not enhance our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trista-hendren/we-have-been-raised-to-fear-the-yes-within-ourselves-our-deepest-3/)

[Trista Hendren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trista-hendren/)

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> [“Feminist consciousness-raising has not significantly pushed women in the direction of revolutionary politics. For the most part, it has not helped women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/feminist-consciousness-raising-has-not-significantly-pushed-women-in/)

[bell hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/)

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> [“In 1969, University of Chicago sociology professor Marlene Dixon wrote that “the institution of marriage is the chief vehicle for the perpetuation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-traister/in-1969-university-of-chicago-sociology-professor-marlene-dixon-wrote/)

[Rebecca Traister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-traister/)

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