Being a woman Quote by Harvey Mansfield

I don't think feminism, as I understand the definition, implies the rejection of maternal values, nurturing children, caring about the men in your life.…

— Hillary Clinton

Feminism isn't simply about being a woman in a position of power. It's battling systemic inequities; it's a social justice movement that believes sexism,…

— Jessica Valenti

When it defines man as the enemy, feminism is alienating women from their own bodies.

— Camille Paglia

Being a feminist is not about how successful, talented, and assertive you are in your own life. It's about whether you support the struggle…

— Stephanie Coontz

There are lots of kinds of feminism, but ultimately it's about letting people be human beings

— Bonnie Greer

“This defines the task of feminism not only because male dominance is perhaps the most pervasive and tenacious system of power in history, but…

— Catharine A. MacKinnon

In the name of feminism, we denied some essential aspects of our authentic selves. While feminism should have been nothing if not a celebration…

— Marianne Williamson

“Womanism is feminism's vulgate. It asserts that women are the oppressed or the victims and never the collaborators in the 'bad' things that men…

— Rosalind Coward

Feminism is an attack on social practices and habits of thought that keep women and men boxed into gender roles that are harmful.

— Robert Webb

Feminism is the struggle to end sexist oppression. Its aim is not to benefit solely any specific group of women, any particular race or…

— Bell Hooks

Part of the problem of being a feminist is that you feel you have to be actively doing things 
to relieve women’s plight. Actually,…

— Evie Wyld

The world needs women to redefine what it means to be a person of power

— Elizabeth Lesser