Bias Quote by Catherine Mayer

Women don't seek power for its own sake, but to make a difference and overcome each challenge

— Kathleen Wynne

As women get more powerful, they get less likable. I see women holding themselves back because of this, but if we start talking about…

— Sheryl Sandberg

Women are often forced to maintain good relations with men who abuse them precisely because those men have power.

— Kirsten Powers

They [women] can use their abilities to support each other, even as they develop more effective and appropriate ways of dealing with power.... Women…

— Jean Baker Miller

Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent…

— Hanna Rosin

When women are in positions of power it's a hard place to be, especially when that position involves bossing men around.

— Alison Pill

Women deeply want men who are competent and powerful. And I don't mean power in that they can exert tyrannical control over others. That's…

— Jordan Peterson

Women have demanded and gotten better jobs and more power. But the one thing we deserve is a better relationship with ourselves.

— Ann Curry

Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.

— Anonymous

I do think women avoid power. Power assumes responsibility and accountability, and I think many, many women want to have it both ways.

— Rita Mae Brown

For women, the need and desire to nurture each other is not pathological but redemptive, and it is within that knowledge that our real…

— Audre Lorde

As we get used to women in power, we are likely to discover that they behave much like powerful men - vain, entitled, always…

— Hanna Rosin