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- Sex for pleasure, for fun, or even for building relationships is completely absent from our national conversation. Yet taking the joy out of sexuality is…
- Now, should we treat women as independent agents, responsible for themselves? Of course. But being responsible has nothing to do with being raped. Women don’t…
- The cultural insistence that parenting is the 'most important' job in the world is a smart way to satiate unappreciated women without doing a damn…
- Present-day American society-whether through pop culture, religion, or institutions-conflates sexuality and morality constantly. Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women’s morality means that nothing else…
- Men in their hearts hate women. It doesn’t matter how much we love them. They hate us”
- Men take what women make and claim it as their own.Men don’t love childrenThey kill them in a heartbeat to hurt a woman
- You're not too fat. You're not too loud. You're not too smart. You're not unladylike. There is nothing wrong with you.
- As indicated by the increase in maternal mortality in 2010, right now it's more dangerous to give birth in California than in Kuwait or Bosnia.…
- Once you get married, women are still implicitly expected to do the majority of the housework and take care of any future children.
- There have been women who stumbled across Feministing randomly, through a bizarre Google search or something, and had no idea what feminism was. They thought…
- It's become impossible to enjoy most quality television shows because the hurt or endangered women device is so frequently used.
- 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.…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- ...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.…
- 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…
- Given the reality of unintended parenthood and parental unhappiness, one would think that women and men who make the decision not to have children -…
- 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…
- When are we going to realize that hating other women - no matter how much money they have or how far they've fallen - is…
- How insulting is it to suggest the best thing women can do is raise other people to do incredible things?
- Bra-burning never happened. It was completely made up by the media. A couple of women protesting a Miss America pageant threw some bras into a…
More Women Quotes
- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford. — Hannah Arendt
- I also have this incredible love for women. — Kevyn Aucoin
- When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort. — Kevyn Aucoin
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the… — Mary Kay Ash
- The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. — Bella Abzug
- You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're exactly alike. — Dave Attell
- When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched… — Chinua Achebe
- All fat women look the same; they all look 42. — Margaret Atwood
- We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly. — Margaret Atwood
- You could tell 'The Handmaid's Tale' from a male point of view. People have mistakenly felt that the women are oppressed, but… — Margaret Atwood