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title: "22 Women Expected Quotes by 21 authors"
description: "Browse 22 Women Expected quotes by 21 authors. Discover the best Women Expected sayings and thoughts."
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> [When women are expected to bear the burden of unpaid work, everyone loses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharan-burrow/when-women-are-expected-to-bear-the-burden-of-unpaid-work-everyone/)

[Sharan Burrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharan-burrow/)

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> [If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bellow/if-women-are-expected-to-do-the-same-work-as-men-we-must-teach-them/)

[Saul Bellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bellow/)

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> [Women are often expected to be more amiable or more pleasing or more submissive than men generally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-doyle-kennedy/women-are-often-expected-to-be-more-amiable-or-more-pleasing-or-more/)

[Maria Doyle Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-doyle-kennedy/)

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> [As women we're expected to be superhuman, especially black women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaz-sinclair/as-women-we-re-expected-to-be-superhuman-especially-black-women/)

[Jaz Sinclair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaz-sinclair/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0f/jaz-sinclair-18250_black_as-women-we-re-expected-to-be-superhuman_403191.jpg)

> [Women are expected to go through pain and it's just not even talked about or even noticed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aimee-lou-wood/women-are-expected-to-go-through-pain-and-it-s-just-not-even-talked/)

[Aimee Lou Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aimee-lou-wood/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/aimee-lou-wood-5997_about_women-are-expected-to-go-through-pain-an_870148.jpg)

> [At the end of the day, women are expected to hold up the world, not annihilate it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/at-the-end-of-the-day-women-are-expected-to-hold-up-the-world-not/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/kim-gordon-4178_end-of-the-day_at-the-end-of-the-day-women-are-expected_1864899.png)

> [I think there are a lot of rules for women. We have a lot of expectations and a lot of rules for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-think-there-are-a-lot-of-rules-for-women-we-have-a-lot-of/)

[Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/roxane-gay-520_breaks_i-think-there-are-a-lot-of-rules-for-wom_3165428.png)

> [I think, so many times in society, women are expected to behave a certain way. You are raised to say 'sorry' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-beatriz/i-think-so-many-times-in-society-women-are-expected-to-behave-a/)

[Stephanie Beatriz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-beatriz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/049/stephanie-beatriz-13455_behave_i-think-so-many-times-in-society-women-a_3069586.jpg)

> [There's a different expectation, not just on mothers but on women. We're expected to do it all, to have it all, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-reitman/there-s-a-different-expectation-not-just-on-mothers-but-on-women-we/)

[Catherine Reitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-reitman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be5/catherine-reitman-14373_good_there-s-a-different-expectation-not-just_1404409.jpg)

> [Women are expected to be so many contradictions. Unrealistic expectations. Submissive yet strong, modest yet alluring, it never stops.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/women-are-expected-to-be-so-many-contradictions-unrealistic/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“In both cases, women are expected to sacrifice their comfort and freedom to service the requirements of male sexuality: either to repress…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/in-both-cases-women-are-expected-to-sacrifice-their-comfort-and/)

[Geraldine Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-brooks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/geraldine-brooks-1324_freedom_in-both-cases-women-are-expected-to-sacr_2067705.jpg)

> [Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dee-dee-myers/because-if-you-say-men-and-women-are-the-same-and-if-male-behaviour/)

[Dee Dee Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dee-dee-myers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/213/dee-dee-myers-7880_act_because-if-you-say-men-and-women-are-the_2282681.png)

> [Now, women are expected to be equal to men in so many capacities - financially, career-wise, in education - yet the one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-wolfe-herd/now-women-are-expected-to-be-equal-to-men-in-so-many-capacities/)

[Whitney Wolfe Herd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitney-wolfe-herd/)

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> [In front of the world, all of a sudden I'm a great athlete and I'm put into an environment with 25 other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-solo/in-front-of-the-world-all-of-a-sudden-i-m-a-great-athlete-and-i-m-put/)

[Hope Solo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-solo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/hope-solo-3786_athlete_in-front-of-the-world-all-of-a-sudden-i_1851753.png)

> [It seems women are expected to be so much more than men, which means we have to work that much harder. We're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-underwood/it-seems-women-are-expected-to-be-so-much-more-than-men-which-means/)

[Carrie Underwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-underwood/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c05/carrie-underwood-1449_baseball_it-seems-women-are-expected-to-be-so-muc_2661404.png)

> [Studies show that women seeking power tend to be punished for doing so, because it goes against cultural bias. Women are expected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-mayer/studies-show-that-women-seeking-power-tend-to-be-punished-for-doing/)

[Catherine Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-mayer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de7/catherine-mayer-34718_bias_studies-show-that-women-seeking-power-te_1368381.jpg)

> [“It's unfair that women are expected to stay at home when there's a fight to be won. If a woman has the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hawkins/it-s-unfair-that-women-are-expected-to-stay-at-home-when-there-s-a/)

[Karen Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hawkins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d05/karen-hawkins-1678_children_it-s-unfair-that-women-are-expected-to-s_420325.jpg)

> [Women are expected to identify gender as a starting point. Ethnicities are expected to identify that as a location. Is it ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/women-are-expected-to-identify-gender-as-a-starting-point-ethnicities/)

[Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/kehinde-wiley-1194_absolute-freedom_women-are-expected-to-identify-gender-as_942442.jpg)

> [“Vevers remarked on what struck them as Yates's peculiar attitude toward women: 'He expected them to drink a lot and be beautiful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-bailey/vevers-remarked-on-what-struck-them-as-yates-s-peculiar-attitude/)

[Blake Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-bailey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b7/blake-bailey-22734_richard-yates_vevers-remarked-on-what-struck-them-as-y_1809379.png)

> [ \[On being criticized for her serious expression:\] I simply ache from smiling. Why are women expected to beam all the time? It's… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/queen-elizabeth-ii/on-being-criticized-for-her-serious-expression-i-simply-ache-from/)

[Queen Elizabeth II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/queen-elizabeth-ii/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/queen-elizabeth-ii-10692_ache_on-being-criticized-for-her-serious-expr_2366085.jpg)

> [“Women were expected to have weak opinions; but the great safeguard of society and of domestic life was, that opinions were not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/women-were-expected-to-have-weak-opinions-but-the-great-safeguard-of/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd9/george-eliot-84_life_women-were-expected-to-have-weak-opinion_2497000.jpg)

> [I’ve often thought it unfair that women are expected to stay at home when there’s a fight to be won. If a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-hawkins/i-ve-often-thought-it-unfair-that-women-are-expected-to-stay-at-home/)

[Karen Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-hawkins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/955/karen-hawkins-1678_bears_i-ve-often-thought-it-unfair-that-women_2005937.png)

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