Gender Quotes

639 Gender quotes by 456 unique authors

The basic Buddhist stand on the question of equality between the genders is age-old. At the highest tantric levels, at the highest esoteric level, you… — Dalai Lama
To maintain their power, dominant groups create and maintain a popular system of 'commonsense' ideas that support their right to rule. In the United States,… — Patricia Hill Collins
A belief in feminism is a belief in personal freedom - the freedom to live a life free of fear of violence, to select a… — Aisha Tyler
Whether we're talking about race or gender or class, popular culture is where the pedagogy is, it's where the learning is. — Bell Hooks
I believe profoundly in the possibilities of democracy, but democracy needs to be emancipated from capitalism. As long as we inhabit a capitalist democracy, a… — Angela Davis
My male counterpart will get paid ten times more than me -- ten times. Not double, but ten times for the same job. We only… — Hilary Swank
Every woman I know, particularly the senior ones, has been called too aggressive at work. We know in gender blind studies that men are more… — Sheryl Sandberg
Ah, well, do I wish that we lived in a world where gender didn't figure so prominently? Of course. Do I even think about myself… — Judy Chicago
I didn't want to be discriminated against because of my gender and status. I promised myself I was never going to be treated as a… — Bianca Jagger
There is a clear difference between sexist parody and parody of sexism. Sexist parody encourages the players to mock and trivialize gender issues while parody… — Anita Sarkeesian
Gender equality must become a lived reality — Michelle Bachelet
People fall in love with a person, not a gender — Darren Criss
This rule of silence is upheld when the culture refuses everyone easy access even to the word “patriarchy.” Most children do not learn what to… — Bell Hooks
We are born as who we are, the gender thing is something that is imposed on you. — Laverne Cox
What worries me is that the debate about gender differences still seems to polarize nature vs. nurture, with some in the social sciences and humanities… — Simon Baron-Cohen
To be connected with the church is to be associated with scoundrels, warmongers, fakes, child-molesters, murderers, adulterers, and hypocrites of every description. It also, at… — Ronald Rolheiser
There's no telling from poem to poem where this brilliant 'conversation' about maleness and gender will lead---there are poems about husbands and wives, parents and… — Unknown Author
There is definitely a way in which women are raised to be less proactive, less business-oriented, and less willing to jump into creative no man's… — Felicia Day
That you can be whatever you want to be, whoever you want to be, regardless of your gender. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Being a true bad ass has no weight or gender requirement - just 100% commitment to greatness. — Dwayne Johnson
I read the books and I really, really wanted to play the part. I started kundalini yoga, kickboxing and running, and completely changed my diet.… — Gwendoline Christie
I think you pay people based on their work and not based on gender. It's that simple. — Stana Katic
Our culture is in deep trouble, and at the heart of its trouble is its loss of a vision for manhood. If its difficult for… — Stu Weber
Gender data is important. If girls don’t have a birth certificate, how do we know how many are marrying as children? — Kathy Calvin
To me gender is not physical at all, but is altogether insubstantial. It is soul, perhaps, it is talent, it is taste, it is environment,… — Jan Morris

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