Gender Quotes
639 Gender quotes by 456 unique authors
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I think it is too hard for men to talk about gender. We have to let men talk about this... because we need men to…
— Sheryl Sandberg
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Typical news accounts and commentaries about school shootings and rampage killings rarely mention gender.
— Jackson Katz
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I was more comfortable with guys growing up, but now I find myself more comfortable in my own skin and open to people, regardless of…
— Gillian Zinser
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American Muslims - young American Muslims in particular - are starting to understand that unless they are willing to stand up for all the other…
— Reza Aslan
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So much has happened to obscure the dialogue about race and about gender and discrimination in general, especially where those things touch on economics.
— Tracy Chapman
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I am not in favour of quotas. Just put the best person into the job. It is not about gender; it is about experience, leadership…
— Angela Ahrendts
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Almost everything about American society is affected by World War II: our feelings about race; our feelings about gender and the empowerment of women, moving…
— Rick Atkinson
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Gender injustice is a social impairment and therefore has to be corrected in social attitudes and behaviour.
— Mohammad Hamid Ansari
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My experiences with gender bias are probably the norm. What I found was that expectations of women were simply lower, and this resulted in being…
— Heather Bresch
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To say that gender is performative is a little different because for something to be performative means that it produces a series of effects. We…
— Judith Butler
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As women are empowered, violence can come down, for a number of reasons. By all measures, men are the more violent gender.
— Steven Pinker
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We need love, and to ensure love, we need to have full employment, and we need social justice. We need gender equity. We need freedom…
— David Suzuki
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Sporting events like the Olympics have developed and maintained a clear message of promoting gender equality as an essential criterion in the success of any…
— Richard Attias
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Research conducted throughout the world shows gender balance in top positions contributes to improved competitiveness and better business performance.
— Beth Brooke
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Democrats hate stay-at-home spouses, no matter what gender or gender preference.
— P.J. O'Rourke
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We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination.
— Nelson Mandela
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Often, economists spend their energies squabbling with one another, but arguably the more important contrast is between our broadly liberal economic worldview and the various…
— Tyler Cowen
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Gender equality cannot be achieved by cutting programs that allow girls to get the same chance to compete, learn, and play. The United States has…
— Linda Sanchez
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In the name of feminism, we denied some essential aspects of our authentic selves. While feminism should have been nothing if not a celebration of…
— Marianne Williamson
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I call for greater measures to involve more women at higher levels in mine action. Governments should do more to address gender in their mine…
— Ban Ki-moon
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Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that include…
— Ban Ki-moon
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The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in…
— Ban Ki-moon
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So much of the destruction on Earth has been wrought by men. Women are the ones who give life and try to pick up the…
— William T. Vollmann
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I have certainly been very front footed about increasing our gender representation at Westpac.
— Gail Kelly
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I think that issues of gender have been discussed widely at Harvard. But I think I was chosen clearly on the merits, and I wish…
— Drew Gilpin Faust
Who Wrote These Gender Quotes
456 authors contributed a total of 639 Gender Quotes, led by these top contributors: