Assumption Quote by Adrienne Rich

[Sexism is] behavior, policy, language, or other action of men or women which expresses the institutionalized, systematic, comprehensive, or consistent view that women are…

— Cheris Kramarae

There’s no such thing as sexism against men. That's because sexism is prejudice + power. Men are the dominant gender with power in society.

— Anita Sarkeesian

“Nothing indicts female allegiance to patriarchy more than the willingness to behave as though the problems created by cultural investment in sexist thinking about…

— Bell Hooks

“Sexism isn’t a conspiracy that men carry out against women; it’s how we as a society treat men and women differently and shape how…

— Nick Yee

“Womanism is feminism's vulgate. It asserts that women are the oppressed or the victims and never the collaborators in the 'bad' things that men…

— Rosalind Coward

But one did not do feminist theory, as such, in those days, not only because male academic discourse did not recognize such a term,…

— Teresa de Lauretis

But one did not do feminist theory, as such, in those days, not only because male academic discourse did not recognize such a term,…

— Teresa de Lauretis

What feminism calls patriarchy is simply civilization , an abstract system designed by men but augmented and now co-owned by women.

— Camille Paglia

I think that's the most dangerous kind of sexism: People don't realize it's there and we end up surreptitiously accepting it because it's just…

— Natalie Dormer

“Sexism occurs when we assume that some people are less valid or natural than others because of their sex, gender, or sexuality; it occurs…

— Julia Serano

It seems to be generally acknowledged that sexism is far from defeated, flourishing through religions and other reactionary ideologies, which would definitely and gladly…

— Laura Mulvey

“Simply put, feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. This was a definition of feminism I offered in Feminist Theory:…

— Bell Hooks