Dangerous Quote by Gloria Steinem

In a perverse way, it's very patriarchal to think that women can't be malicious or violent.

— Jim Goad

Under patriarchy, no woman is safe to live her life, or to love, or to mother children. Under patriarchy, every woman is a victim,…

— Andrea Dworkin

Until the masculine role is humanized, women will tend to be much better at solving dangerous conflicts.

— Gloria Steinem

Perhaps patriarchy's greatest psychological weapon is simply its universality and longevity. ... Patriarchy has a still more tenacious or powerful hold through its successful…

— Kate Millett

Patriarchy is not men. Patriarchy is a system in which both women and men participate. It privileges, inter alia, the interests of boys and…

— Ashley Judd

Since violence is largely a male pastime, cultures that empower women tend to move away from the glorification of violence and are less likely…

— Steven Pinker

Much violence against women originates in emotional territory that they already command. By midlife and early old age, as the hormones of both genders…

— Camille Paglia

A lot of women do a lot of harm because they don't control their emotions. But in terms of violence, men seem to have…

— Dennis Prager

As women, we have to deal with constant threats of violence. And it's in our media and fiction, too. So we internalize it.

— Marjorie Liu

All patriarchists exalt the home and family as sacred, demanding it remain inviolate from prying eyes. Men want privacy for their violations of women...…

— Marilyn French

The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage…

— Bell Hooks

The woman who takes a woman lover lives dangerously in patriarchy.

— Cheryl Clarke