Burden Quote by Hamid Drake

The demands of having to be 'masculine' are as damaging to men as the demands of having to be 'feminine' are to women. I…

— Naomi Alderman

In my experience, the psychological aspect of femininity tends to be more receptive and apathetic and delicate. I think that because the feminine is…

— Laura Marling

Femininity and masculinity are social constructs. Female and male are biological. We don't have to learn to be men or women but we do…

— Rita Mae Brown

I think the culture of the feminine needs to be reinvigorated and women need to build a culture that is connected all over the…

— Sheila Kelley

We are all dually feminine and masculine. To give in to both of those things would strengthen us as human beings and there is…

— Ruston Kelly

I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It's just a fear of not knowing what women have that's…

— K. D. Lang

I definitely believe that we really need to stop putting things in masculine and feminine boxes and realize that men and women both contain…

— Nelly Furtado

If we keep on talking about masculine and feminine and following those stereotypes, then we will make women suppress and despise their so called…

— Gloria Steinem

Femininity doesn't always relate to being a woman and masculinity doesn't always relate to being a man; it's a quality of being-ness. Women have…

— Hamid Drake

“In a world where masculinity is respected and femininity is regularly dismissed, it takes an enormous amount of strength and confidence for any person,…

— Julia Serano

Masculinity is a terrible problem, as we construe it and shape it.

— Susan Griffin

Freud says, Man fears that his strength will be taken from him by woman, dreads becoming infected with her femininity and then proving himself…

— Camille Paglia