Essays Quote by Gloria Steinem

“Many women, I think, resist feminism because it is an agony to be fully conscious of the brutal misogyny which permeates culture, society, and…

— Andrea Dworkin

“I’m a feminist because each time I hear about an abhorrent action towards someone that is based on or influenced by their gender, it…

— Jane Caro

“That hurts me in my feminism.”

— Myra McEntire

“Being a feminist is like being pregnant. You either are or you are not. You either believe in the full equality of men and…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Recently, I wrote that feminism was 'finding a way of being a girl that doesn't hurt' a way for girls and women to re-negotiate…

— Clementine Ford

“I defend the authority of women and explore its meaning for them rather than assume they need to be more accommodating or sensitive.”

— David Bedrick

For better or worse, there is not a situation in one's daily life that does not have feminist subtext, superstructure, implications and one is…

— Margo Jefferson

“I am a feminist because I dislike everything that feminism implies. I desire an end to the whole business, the demands for equality, the…

— Winifred Holtby

“Does she have a domestic side? Questions we do not ask of powerful men, which shows that our discomfort is not with power itself,…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Pride, cowardice, and miserliness are bad for me but good for women”

— Ali R.A

“Feminism has fought no wars. It has killed no opponents. It has set up no concentration camps, starved no enemies, practiced no cruelties. Its…

— Dale Spender

“Feminism is comprised of values that are important to you as a woman, not ideals arrived at by forced consensus to which you should…

— Daisy Hernandez