"Men are irrelevant. Women are happy or unhappy,……" — Fay Weldon

"Men are irrelevant. Women are happy or unhappy, fulfilled or unfulfilled, and it has nothing to do with men."

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28 Quotes by Fay Weldon

Fay Weldon has 28 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

If you do nothing unexpected, nothing unexpected happens.
There was no such thing as defeat if you didn't accept it.
I know that I'm a real writer because sometimes I write a story just because I want to; not because…
When today's young woman says she isn't a feminist what she means is she isn't a lesbian and she doesn't…
So much for the fruits of love. Love? What's love? Sex, ah, that's another thing. Love has babies: sex has…
The New Women! I could barely recognize them as being of the same sex as myself…They are satiated by everything,…
Novelists... fashioning nets to sustain and support the reader as he falls helplessly through the chaos of his own existence.
Man seems not so much wicked as frail, unable to face pain, trouble and growing old. A good woman knows…
The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to…
We shelter children for a time; we live side by side with men; and that is all. We owe them…
Be bold, but not too bold. Have courage, but not too much.
One friend dies and we remain indifferent; another dies, perhaps less intimate, and we see ourselves as dead, and weep,…

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More Feminist Quotes

This quote is filed under Feminist Quotes, one of 798 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly. — Margaret Atwood
I had a terrible time with feminists in the Seventies. They hated me, those women. I think they hated everything. — David Bailey
The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. — Roseanne Barr
I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women. — Ruth Benedict
Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But… — Bjork
I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body. — Elayne Boosler
I read that book 'Fat is a Feminist Issue', got a bit desperate halfway through and ate it. — Jo Brand
There's lots of different feminist groups. It's not as straightforward as just looking like a plumber. — Jo Brand
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will. — Charlotte Bronte
One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us. — Tammy Bruce
The pure connecting factor is that those of us who describe ourselves as feminists want equal rights for all people. — Betty Buckley
A good part - and definitely the most fun part - of being a feminist is about frightening men. — Julie Burchill

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