In 1861, Bachofen published his radical thesis that the Amazons were not a myth but a fact. In his view, humanity started… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
Often in my lectures when I use the phrase “imperialist white-supremacist capitalist patriarchy” to describe our nation’s political system, audiences laugh. No… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Where is there a Woman, who having generously trusted her liberty with a husband, does not immediately find the spaniel metamorphosed into… — Lady Sophia Fermor Copy Share Image
“And I tried to remember any case in the course of my reading where two women are represented as friends. (...) almost… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Discourse about motherhood is chillingly narrow-minded. It's a tool the patriarchy uses, of course. So people complain about their kids or they… — Samantha Hunt Copy Share Image
The word ‘sin’ is derived from the Indo-European root ‘es-,’ meaning ‘to be.’ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that… — Mary Daly Copy Share Image
“Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.' (Leviticus 18:22). That means simply that it is foul to… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
“Shouting about gender equality once a year doesn't end the patriarchal and misogynistic stereotypes. We must live every day as women's day,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Where those two energies [male and female energies] intersect, all creativity is possible. We already have divine creative energy within us. And… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
I have no personal desire to get married whatsoever and I certainly have no desire to be a soldier. I'm old school,… — Cleve Jones Copy Share Image
“I have a rule of thumb that allows me to judge, when times is pressing and one needs to make a snap… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
“That not all men are piggy, only some; that not all men belittle me, only some; that not all men get mad… — Joanna Russ Copy Share Image
What is clear is that Malcolm X incorporated within the framework of black nationalism a pan-Africanist and internationalist perspective. In doing so,… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
“it appears that there is no other difference between Men and Us than what their tyrany has created, it will then appear… — Lady Sophia Fermor Copy Share Image
I don’t understand all the nuances of the women’s movement. But I do understand that there are feminists who want to challenge… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
Democracy is not just freedom to criticize the government or head of state, or to hold parliamentary elections. True democracy obtains only… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
Perhaps patriarchy's greatest psychological weapon is simply its universality and longevity. ... Patriarchy has a still more tenacious or powerful hold through… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
Especially on television, it's not so much a patriarchy; it always seems that there's a smart, strong woman calling the shots, and… — Jake Weber Copy Share Image
So I remember both medicine, because I frequently sick, particularly with asthma for which there was no proper treatment then, and in… — Thomas Keneally Copy Share Image
In retrospect, I have come to recognise just how astounding my mother was during our childhood. She kept a woodwork shop and… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
If kissing is man's greatest invention, then fermentation and patriarchy compete with the domestication of animals for the distinction of being man's… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“The bar is masculine, and women must adopt traditionally masculine characteristics – cultivated insensitivity, goal-orientated thinking, the prioritising of the material – to compete.” — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
True Equality is what we seek. Perpetual peace, and an end to the Lies of the Patriarchy. The Culture of Misogyny will… — Krista The Femitheist Copy Share Image
Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Women cannot serve two masters at once who are urgently beaming antithetical orders… Either we believe in patriarchy the rule of men… — Sonia Johnson Copy Share Image
There's a lot of ordinariness, and people tend to play to the same regressive tropes - sexism, patriarchy, unkindness to the oppressed.… — Varun Grover Copy Share Image
There needs to be more women scholars, and that is not something new, we need to return to the glorified past and… — Mark Durie Copy Share Image
Rap comes from the humble beginnings of rebelling against the status quo. Now, rappers have become the status quo themselves. You can't… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
We show up to fight racism, anti-black racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, Islamophobia, misogyny, patriarchy, anti-Semitism, because after Donald Trump is out of… — Linda Sarsour Copy Share Image
From a biological viewpoint, patriarchal religion denied women the natural rights of every other mammalian female: the right to choose her stud,… — Barbara G. Walker Copy Share Image
I do not subscribe to a feminism that demands perfection or super heroic nobility of women. But I do insist that putting… — Mona Eltahawy Copy Share Image
“I tried to scream like you once screamed God since I wanted to make the whole world faint but Harry Astley clapped… — Alasdair Gray Copy Share Image
“The nymphs wafted around me. Their smothered laughter drifted down the halls. At least, I told myself, it was not their brothers,… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
“The very act of accepting her position at Mademoiselle was an act of open defiance against Dick Norton, his entire family, and… — Elizabeth Winder Copy Share Image
“One way or another, we spend our whole lives being conditioned into accepting some line or order, some position of domination or… — Cliff James Copy Share Image
I think what's been true across the board is the universal patriarchy, the fear of women ever being born back into complete… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Judaism is one of the last of the world's matrilineal philosophies. Matriarchies are always the cultures that patriarchy attacks and decimates, because… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
Patriarchy is bestowed on men at birth. Whether you want it or not, you have a privilege as a man, and you… — Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Copy Share Image
As her sons have seen her: the mother in patriarchy: controlling, erotic, castrating, heart-suffering, guilt-ridden, and guilt-provoking; a marble brow, a huge… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
![“And I tried to remember any case in the course of my reading where two women are represented as friends. (...) almost without exception they are shown in their relation to men. (...) [women in fiction were] not only seen by the other sex, but seen only in relation to the other sex. And how small a…” quote by Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8fc/virginia-woolf-49_female-friendship_and-i-tried-to-remember-any-case-in-the_1532397.jpg)
![“The word ‘sin’ is derived from the Indo-European root ‘es-,’ meaning ‘to be.’ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that for a [person] trapped in patriarchy, which is the religion of the entire planet, ‘to be’ in the fullest sense is ‘to sin'.” quote by Mary Daly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/465/mary-daly-12589_etymology_the-word-sin-is-derived-from-the-indo-eu_889160.jpg)
![“Where those two energies [male and female energies] intersect, all creativity is possible. We already have divine creative energy within us. And what is the most powerful of these energies? The energy that patriarchy and misogyny constantly try to repress. The divine female sexual energy. The…” quote by Russell Brand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fd2/russell-brand-1242_creative_where-those-two-energies-male-and-female_1745783.jpg)
