Best Jessica Valenti Quotes
- The only purpose of an engagement ring is to show you 'belong' to someone, and your man makes bank. Bank
- Wanting to be liked means being a supporting character in your own life, using the cues of the actors around you to determine your next… Actor
- Child-rearing can be a tedious and thankless undertaking. Child
- The less obvious hurdle is that of preparing parents emotionally and putting forward realistic images of parenthood and motherhood. There also needs to be some… Acknowledgement
- I think virginity is fine, just as I think having sex is fine. I don't really care what women do sexually, and neither should you.… Actor
- My problem with the wedding industry started when I studied in college and liked to have the television on in the background, and 'A Wedding… Always Came
- Wedding fever is one of the scariest diseases I have ever seen. Disease
- It seems odd that we continue to worry about the reputations of men who are accused of sexual wrong-doings. Accused
- My parents have a wonderful marriage, but they have been together since my mother was 12, married when they were just teenagers and are barely… Always Thought
- I think day care is terrific. Kids get to be around other kids, and they're playing, and they're teaching each other. When I was in… Care
- As I grew up and began identifying myself as a feminist, there were plenty of issues that continued to make me question marriage: the father… Away Women
- In 2008, I was one of the young feminist whippersnappers who voted for Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries - or as… Barack
- There is something to be said for the power of figureheads. After Hillary Clinton became secretary of state, a record number of countries posted female… Ambassador
- Whether it's repro rights, violence against women, or just plain old vanilla sexism, most issues affecting women have one thing in common - they exist… Acting
- The desirable virgin is sexy but not sexual. She's young, white, and skinny. She's a cheerleader, a babysitter; she's accessible and eager to please (remember… Accessible
- If your husband is cheating on you, it doesn't mean that you need to get prettier -- it means he's a scumbag. Cheating
- When women's sexuality is imagined to be passive or "dirty," it also means that men's sexuality is automatically positioned as aggressive and right-no matter what… Aggression
- While falling in love is fun, it's not everything, and it's not the antidote to an unfulfilled life, despite what Reese Witherspoon movies may tell… Antidote
- ...idea at play here is that of “morality.” When young women are taught about morality, there’s not often talk of compassion, kindness, courage, or integrity.… Compassion
- And really, how insulting is it that to suggest that the best thing women can do is raise other people to do incredible things? I'm… Best
- Given the reality of unintended parenthood and parental unhappiness, one would think that women and men who make the decision not to have children -… Another Person
- Making women the sexual gatekeepers and telling men they just can't help themselves not only drives home the point that women's sexuality is unnatural, but… Behavior
- When are we going to realize that hating other women - no matter how much money they have or how far they've fallen - is… Anyone
- Be as pissed off as you want to be. Don’t hold back because you think it’s unladylike or some such nonsense. We shouldn’t be shamed… Anger
- At the end of the day, though, the entire basis for consent laws doesn't make sense. We're not old enough to decide if we don't… Baby