“Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
The noble woman is half a man, even a complete one. Only their imperfections make them women. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
“There's something infinitely fascinating or fatal about a woman behind the wheel.” — Ahmed Mostafa Copy Share Image
“He thought of women in terms of breasts, not minds, and it always seemed to irritate him that most women had both.” — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
There's still a really divisive residue in our nation that's called racism and prejudice and oppression and sexism. — Jurnee Smollett-Bell Copy Share Image
Sexism goes so deep that at first it's hard to see; you think it's just reality. — Alix Kates Shulman Copy Share Image
“Yet censure strikes hard at women, while men, the true agents of trouble, hear no reproach.” — Euripides Copy Share Image
I sometimes think that courage is the thing that you need more than any other thing. It's fear that cripples us. It's… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
It was, of course, nothing more than sexism, the especially virulent type espoused by male techies who sincerely believe that they are… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Black women's intersectional experiences of racism and sexism have been a central but forgotten dynamic in the unfolding of feminist and antiracist… — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
In some ways, the real damage of Gamergate is pushing the public's idea of sexism so far to the extreme, that changes… — Brianna Wu Copy Share Image
With 'Women in Hollywood,' I didn't direct it, but I produced it, and what we did is followed the money of Hollywood… — Rory Kennedy Copy Share Image
[On the ERA Equality March:] It's the funniest thing. I don't feel there's any discrimination. I know my husband feels that way. — Pat Nixon Copy Share Image
Sure, sexism is not confined to the Conservatives. Harriet Harman has suggested that Gordon Brown didn't make her deputy prime minister because… — Layla Moran Copy Share Image
Are you ready to sacrifice to end world hunger? To sacrifice to end colonialism? To end neo-colonialism? To end racism? To end… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
Constance L. Rice, co-director of the Los Angeles of the Advancement Project, told the Times that Seltzer might have been influenced by… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
“When a man dies, his wife is burned alive with him, but if the wife dies before her husband, the man does… — Al Masudi Copy Share Image
Patriotism threatens free speech with death. It is infuriated by thoughtful hesitation, constructive criticism of our leaders and pleas for peace. It… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
I have an amazing mother who's a real tough cookie. She taught me not to get emotional about [sexism in Hollywood], just… — Zoe Saldana Copy Share Image
The truth is the President of the United States used the same device that Slobodan Milosevic used in Serbia. When you appeal… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
“That's what you men are always doing; it's so barbarously naive. You feel one of your loose desires for some woman, and… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
My idea of success was to be a boy - possibly because my brothers, Leon and Arthur, were my father's pride and… — Lucille Kallen Copy Share Image
There's obviously instances where I perceive sexism in my job. ... I think that the sort of sexism that I see has… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
“A nod at Beatrice who held absolutely still. "She said she would come with me. She insisted on it. She stamped her… — Mette Ivie Harrison Copy Share Image
“What’s the worst possible thing you can call a woman? Don’t hold back, now. You’re probably thinking of words like slut, whore,… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm a bad feminist, but I am deeply committed to the issues important to the feminist movement. I have strong opinions… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Claims have been made that I've been on a strict workout routine regulated by co-stars, whipped into shape by trainers I've never… — Scarlett Johansson Copy Share Image
“Church is important to most folks in the South. So the most important thing going is basically ruled by men as decreed… — Trae Crowder Copy Share Image
“Those colors of hers really begin their attack on me now, ripping through my skin, electrifying my bloodstream, sending sparks zapping around… — Tim Tharp Copy Share Image
“If you can't tell from my rap lyrics already, yes I am a feminist. And when I'm saying "hoe" or "bitch" I… — Scott McGoldrick Copy Share Image
Four- and five-year-olds' play is permeated with the rankest sexism. No matter what their parents do and say, they play their momand… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
“Those who benefit from unearned privilege are too often quick to discount those who don't.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
I have, by long experience, found women to be like Telephus's spear: if one end kills, the other cures. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“One only has to read interviews with outstanding women to hear them apologizing” — Monique Wittig Copy Share Image
the Bible is used as a means of reinforcing their [women's] subordination to men through divine sanction. — Letty M. Russell Copy Share Image
“Standing against discrimination for some while supporting discrimination against others hurts us all.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image