--- title: "12 Women Forced Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Women Forced quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Women Forced sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb0/alessandro-michele-6225_find_some-women-are-forced-by-men-to-look-a-c_2091478.jpg" --- > [Some women are forced by men to look a certain way to be accepted by the general public, and I find that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alessandro-michele/some-women-are-forced-by-men-to-look-a-certain-way-to-be-accepted-by/) [Alessandro Michele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alessandro-michele/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb0/alessandro-michele-6225_find_some-women-are-forced-by-men-to-look-a-c_2091478.jpg) > [Feminism's agenda is basic: It asks that women not be forced to 'choose' between public justice and private happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-faludi/feminism-s-agenda-is-basic-it-asks-that-women-not-be-forced-to-choose/) [Susan Faludi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-faludi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/susan-faludi-12461_asks_feminism-s-agenda-is-basic-it-asks-that_2237064.jpg) > [Women are often forced to maintain good relations with men who abuse them precisely because those men have power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsten-powers/women-are-often-forced-to-maintain-good-relations-with-men-who-abuse/) [Kirsten Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsten-powers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eed/kirsten-powers-9672_abuse_women-are-often-forced-to-maintain-good_195110.png) > [I get angry about the way women are forced and bullied into what the male ideal is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-peake/i-get-angry-about-the-way-women-are-forced-and-bullied-into-what-the/) [Maxine Peake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxine-peake/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/715/maxine-peake-6526_angry_i-get-angry-about-the-way-women-are-forc_2126021.jpg) > [Too many women are forced to abort by poverty, by their menfolk, by their parents ... A choice is only possible if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/too-many-women-are-forced-to-abort-by-poverty-by-their-menfolk-by/) [Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d82/germaine-greer-1521_abort_too-many-women-are-forced-to-abort-by-po_2635332.png) > [Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/most-men-and-women-are-forced-to-perform-parts-for-which-they-have-no/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2e/oscar-wilde-16_men_most-men-and-women-are-forced-to-perform_992545.jpg) > [I really believe that women have much easier access to their souls than men do. Because as men we're taught to wear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-rzeznik/i-really-believe-that-women-have-much-easier-access-to-their-souls/) [John Rzeznik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-rzeznik/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f9/john-rzeznik-3305_access_i-really-believe-that-women-have-much-ea_2008934.png) > [I was treated better than others, simply because there was so much public attention. In my case, they did adhere to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadezhda-tolokonnikova/i-was-treated-better-than-others-simply-because-there-was-so-much/) [Nadezhda Tolokonnikova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadezhda-tolokonnikova/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/114/nadezhda-tolokonnikova-24852_attention_i-was-treated-better-than-others-simply_862146.jpg) > [Women are forced to pretend to be men. They're feigning this toughness. They're miserable. Study after study has shown that feminism has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-mcinnes/women-are-forced-to-pretend-to-be-men-they-re-feigning-this-toughness/) [Gavin McInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-mcinnes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e5/gavin-mcinnes-4442_education_women-are-forced-to-pretend-to-be-men-th_2828307.png) > [Women are an enslaved population - the crop we harvest is children, the fields we work are houses. Women are forced into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/women-are-an-enslaved-population-the-crop-we-harvest-is-children-the/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d0/andrea-dworkin-1998_children_women-are-an-enslaved-population-the-cro_612743.png) > [“When men decided women could be educated - this is what I think - they educated them on the male plan; they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/when-men-decided-women-could-be-educated-this-is-what-i-think-they/) [Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ce/hilary-mantel-440_education_when-men-decided-women-could-be-educated_1148567.jpg) > [Helen Crawfurd and the Women's Peace Crusade, made a march on the City Chambers, distributing an illegal leaflet in front of police…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-gallacher/helen-crawfurd-and-the-women-s-peace-crusade-made-a-march-on-the-city/) [Willie Gallacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-gallacher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f5/willie-gallacher-287283_arrested_helen-crawfurd-and-the-women-s-peace-cru_32773.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/women-forced/#itemlist", "name": "Women Forced Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Some women are forced by men to look a certain way to be accepted by the general public, and I find that terrible.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alessandro Michele" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alessandro-michele/some-women-are-forced-by-men-to-look-a-certain-way-to-be-accepted-by/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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