Being a woman Quote by Anonymous

The word feminism needs to be taken back. It needs to be reclaimed in a way that is inclusive of men.

— Annie Lennox

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

Contemporary feminism cut itself off from history and bankrupted itself when it spun its puerile, paranoid fantasy of male oppressors and female sex-object victims.…

— Camille Paglia

The fact is, feminism is not what it used to be.

— Janine di Giovanni

Historically, men have a hard time getting onboard with feminism, but I think that's changing.

— Irvine Welsh

Feminism is one way of attacking society as it now exists.

— Simone de Beauvoir

Feminism has been so co-opted, but the fact is, feminism benefits men as well.

— Karin Slaughter

I don't think that the feminist movement has done much for the characters of women.

— Doris Lessing

“Feminism is about despising an idea. And the idea is that women are unequal to men. It is that they deserve or should expect…

— Jane Caro

“The word feminism has become synonymous with man-hating when in fact it has more to do with women than men.”

— Aysha Taryam

Feminism is doomed to failure because it is based on an attempt to repeal and restructure human nature.

— Phyllis Schlafly

Male supremacy has kept woman down. It has not knocked her out.

— Clare Boothe Luce