A sexual revolution begins with the emancipation of women, who are the chief victims of patriarchy, and also with the ending of… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
“We have enough proof that, at least my generation does, that patriarchy and matriarchy are gender-less roles.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
“there have been so many times i have seen a man wanting to weep but instead beat his heart until it was… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
... if patriarchy can take what exists and make it not, surely we can take what exists and make it be. — Nicole Brossard Copy Share Image
I feel like male patriarchy generally has been about repressing female sexuality because it's "scary." — Ruth Wilson Copy Share Image
Our very strength as lesbians lies in the fact that we are outside of patriarchy; our existence challenges its life. — Charlotte Bunch Copy Share Image
Gold and precious gems are, in many places, the one form of wealth a woman can use to protect and enhance herself… — Wangechi Mutu Copy Share Image
Only the violent acts of men "count" toward something besides evil in a patriarchy. It is the male story of violence that… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
Overturning patriarchy does not mean replacing men's dominance with women's dominance. That would merely maintain the patriarchal pattern of dominance. We need… — Petra Kelly Copy Share Image
In using terms like patriarchy, hermeneutics, and sexual/textual, I do not wish to misrepresent the Qurn as a feminist text; rather, the… — Asma Barlas Copy Share Image
In the matriarchy, which happens in a little microcosm across the blogosphere, we have these mini 'women in control' societies. And what… — Gavin McInnes Copy Share Image
“Patriarchy demands of men that they become and remain emotional cripples. Since it is a system that denies men full access to… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“It should first be understood that lesbianism, like male homosexuality, is a category of behavior possible only in a sexist society characterized… — Radicalesbians Copy Share Image
We must talk about how sexism and patriarchy operate in conjunction with state violence. Until we're honest about that, and do something… — Marc Lamont Hill Copy Share Image
“Women of the thinking society are the builders of nations. Women of the sentient society are the builders of the world. And… — Abhijit Naskar 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
I soon began to sense a fundamental perceptual difficulty among male scholars (and some female ones) for which 'sexism' is too facile… — Adrienne Rich 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
“Patriarchy, hierarchy, and capitalism create, encourage, maintain, and perpetuate addiction and dependency. Patriarchy and hierarchy are based on domination and subordination, which… — Trista Hendren Copy Share Image
In many patriarchies, language, as well as cultural tradition, reserve the human condition for the male. With the Indo-European languages this is… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
“I was lonely, desperate, and angry. At that moment, I truly understood what it meant to be a Saudi woman. It meant… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
Once women invented farming, and began to keep and breed animals, they discovered the crucial function of the rooster and the henhouse.… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
I think as more people get more aware, people get more defensive. And when I say that, I mean people who are… — Rowan Blanchard Copy Share Image
“The curse that was laid upon Eve—her desire would be for her husband, and her pain in childbirth would be greatly multiplied—even… — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
“In patriarchy, the female is not only seen as property—first her father’s, then husband’s—her sexual sanctity and propriety become central to these… — Namit Arora Copy Share Image
“We need to highlight the role women play in perpetuating and sustaining patriarchal culture so that we will recognize patriarchy as a… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The enemy of feminism isn’t men. It’s patriarchy, and patriarchy is not men. It is a system, and women can support the… — Justine Musk Copy Share Image
Patriarchy appears to be everywhere. Even outer space and the future have been colonized. As a rule, even the more imaginative science-fiction… — Mary Daly Copy Share Image
“The system of patriarchy is a historic construct; it has a beginning; it will have an end. Its time seems to have… — Robert Jensen Copy Share Image
I have a lot more sympathy for men. I understand that they too are victims of the so-called patriarchy, that their roles… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
“Gender equality is not a belief, it is not an idea - it is a key element of the society that will… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“When I was doing the Mademoiselle application my husband would peer over my shoulder and say, "What are you doing competing with… — Elizabeth Winder Copy Share Image
If my stories make people uncomfortable, because it questions your set ideas and value systems that are convenient for a group of… — Kanika Dhillon Copy Share Image
I'm like a bit of a feminist, I have kinds of highly political dreams. I'm a dreamer about taking on the patriarchy… — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
“. . . women internalize the feminine wound or feminine inferiority so deeply, there's little or no female authority and esteem to… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
We're witnessing the end of a 5,000 year reign of patriarchy, and are coming into a society created by our technology that… — Leonard Shlain Copy Share Image
“As Sister Joan Chittister, a direct descendant of Hildegard in the Benedictine tradition, says, the issue today is not “radical feminism,” which… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
At Brandies I discovered Feminism. And I instantly became a convert... writing brilliant papers in my Myths of Patriarchy class, in which… — Heather Hart Copy Share Image
Patriarchy is a fundamental imbalance underlying society And it's one we rarely address because it's so universal. But as I get older,… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
“All men should be feminists. If men care about women’s rights the world will be a better place. We are better off… — John Legend Copy Share Image
