History Quote by Anonymous

There can be no doubt that our Nation has had a long and unfortunate history of sex discrimination. Traditionally, such discrimination was rationalized by…

— William J. Brennan

“Society discriminated against women, no question. But what about the discrimination of being sent to war? Which sex was really thought to be expendable?”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“blatant, intentional discrimination against women is far from being something merely to be read about in history books.”

— Cordelia Fine

“It took our entire history to actually change the rules of proper female behavior. But those rules were temporarily abandoned whenever the country needed…

— Gail Collins

“Gender bias is so steeped in the culture, their results implied, that women were themselves discriminating against other women.”

— Angela Saini

“It must appear to every one (...) a matter of the greatest surprise, to observe the universal prevalence of prejudice and custom in the…

— Lady Sophia Fermor

“I do not care for prejudice in any form. In my opinion, we women have been subjected to so much of it that I…

— Dianne Day

“For far too long, the female gender has been plagued with stereotypes, typecasting, as well as, subtle and blatant discrimination.”

— Asa Don Brown

“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 is a combination of prejudice against persons based on their gender, combined with the privilege and power required to cause harm.”

— Bailey Poland

During my lifetime, I realized that discrimination was not accidental, that there were structural roots and causes to it. So if we wanted to…

— Michelle Bachelet

Our society demands that women be treated equally and that we not discriminate against them.

— John McCain