Because homophobia is still largely driven by the church, it's legitimised. It's also tied to sexism, because those two are never far… — Marlon James Copy Share Image
A lot of sexism is just very silly... and the best response is laughter and ridicule. — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
“Acceptance does not mean accepting those who disregard humans on the basis of race, religion and sexual orientation.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“We were there too, the other geeks and weird kids whose lives were hellish at school, who escaped into books and computers,… — Laurie Penny Copy Share Image
Sexism is not inevitable. It's only about controlling reproduction and therefore controlling women. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“Angela could not be the bomber, not that sweet, pretty thing. Thing? Is that how she regarded that young woman, as a… — Ellen Raskin Copy Share Image
I always took note of them, because I think if you're in the black or brown body, you're negotiating them all the… — Claudia Rankine Copy Share Image
“It was Freud's ambition to discover the cause of hysteria, the archetypal female neurosis of his time. In his early investigations, he… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“the Men, biased by custom, prejudice, and interest, have presumed boldly to pronounce sentence in their own favour, because possession empowered them… — Lady Sophia Fermor Copy Share Image
The pursuit of otherness, the sense that we are somehow different than our brothers and sisters, no matter where we find them,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I try to not assume things are sexism. I'm trying to be good natured about why things are happening. — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
“Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world, about life, and… — Clark Zlotchew Copy Share Image
Sexism has never rendered women powerless. It has either suppressed their strength or exploited it. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Sexist language, racist language, theistic language - all are typical of the policing languages of mastery, and cannot, do not, permit new… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
When it comes to determining child custody, however, sexism is the rule. — Phyllis Schlafly Copy Share Image
Sexism is the foundation on which all tyranny is built. Every social form of hierarchy and abuse is modeled on male-over-female domination. — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
I can do as much work as any man ... We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much.… — Sojourner Truth Copy Share Image
“...they were no more than steaks served up to portly politicians who controlled the personnel departments of the TV stations. (Showgirls in… — Tobias Jones Copy Share Image
“But I had to think to myself that this was normal, because that was the attitude. I was 19 when I went… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
As we all know, sexism in the workplace is a serious issue. It's something that needs active disruption and change. — Whitney Wolfe Herd Copy Share Image
“If you call yourself an "authoress" on your Facebook profile, you suck at life. You are stupid and your children are ugly.… — Oliver Markus Copy Share Image
Stories told around the water-cooler as well as statistics confirm that a man's competence is more likely to be presupposed, a woman's… — Kathleen Hall Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Mistresses, have you ever noticed that when we disagree with a male – I hesitate to say ‘man’ – or find ourselves… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
“What else must we do and say? What else must the oppressed do for a taste of freedom?” — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
