Best Patriarchal Sayings

92 Patriarchal quotes by 62 unique authors

The women's movement and gay and lesbian movements always come together, and our adversaries are always the same because the male supremacist, patriarchal, ultra-right-wing, religious… — Gloria Steinem
The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage… — Charles Alexander Eastman
Women are the victims of this patriarchal culture, but they are also its carriers. Let us keep in mind that every oppressive man was raised… — Shirin Ebadi
The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world,… — Audre Lorde
I don't know if I have any particular views about women in positions of power, though I do think it's more difficult for women, particularly… — George R. R. Martin
I'm excited about there being more of a sisterhood these days. Back in the '90s there was a lot of hate - the women I… — Alanis Morissette
When I was producing on my own, I was doing it in order to - in a very patriarchal entertainment industry, let alone planet -… — Alanis Morissette
The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban… — Salman Rushdie
Man, born of woman, has found it a hard thing to forgive her for giving him birth. The patriarchal protest against the ancient matriarch has… — Lillian Smith
It isn't that NPR is matriarchal but that it has dedicated itself to not being patriarchal in its outlook and presentation, stipulating from the outset… — James Wolcott
What we require is not a formal return to tradition and religion, but a rereading, a reinterpretation, of our history that can illuminate the present… — Nawal El Saadawi
I do think that women could make politics irrelevant; by a kind of spontaneous cooperative action the like of which we have never seen; which… — Germaine Greer
The second thing I wrote down that day was that exclusive male imagery of the Divine not only instilled an imbalance within human consciousness, it… — Sue Monk Kidd
Emotions, in my experience, aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness", "joy", or "regret". Maybe the best proof that the language is… — Jeffrey Eugenides
Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that it oversimplifies feeling. — Jeffrey Eugenides
I still think it's important for people to have a sharp, ongoing critique of marriage in patriarchal society — because once you marry within a… — Bell Hooks
As all advocates of feminist politics know most people do not understand sexism or if they do they think it is not a problem. Masses… — Bell Hooks
as females in a patriarchal culture, we were not slaves of love; most of us were and are slaves of longing-- yearning for a master… — Bell Hooks
Most gay men are as sexist in their thinking as are heterosexuals. Their patriarchal thinking leads them to construct paradigms of desirable sexual behaviour that… — Bell Hooks
I grew up in traditional black patriarchal culture and there is no doubt that I’m going to take a great many unconscious, but present, patriarchal… — Cornel West
Want to talk third wave feminism, you could cite Ariel Levy and the idea that women have internalized male oppression. Going to spring break at… — Chuck Palahniuk
The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in… — Bell Hooks
Feminist effort to end patriarchal domination should be of primary concern precisely because it insists on the eradication of exploitation and oppression in the family… — Bell Hooks
We have to constantly critique imperialist white supremacist patriarchal culture because it is normalized by mass media and rendered unproblematic. — Bell Hooks
No woman should ever lie about another woman. You've violated the sacred covenant between women! How will stabbing one another in the back help women… — John Green

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