Believe Quote by Hope Jahren

We have a very long way to go to really penetrate the power structure. Until that happens, you will not see stability among the…

— Faye Wattleton

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

Preventing gender-based violence is critical to establishing safe, productive, and healthy workplaces for all.

— Jan Schakowsky

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

To liberate women and end violence is to break down the culture of power imbalance.

— Jess Phillips

Even though society has come a long way in correcting the inequalities between men and women in the workplace, it still has to be…

— Bozoma Saint John

As women are empowered, violence can come down, for a number of reasons. By all measures, men are the more violent gender.

— Steven Pinker

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

— Gloria Steinem

Gender is a key marker of power and powerlessness. Most of the structures of how our world works are biased in terms of men.

— Mary Beard

By all measures men are the more violent gender.

— Steven Pinker

Studies show that women seeking power tend to be punished for doing so, because it goes against cultural bias. Women are expected to be…

— Catherine Mayer

Men are the ones who often juggle back and forth for power. It is the women who bring humanity to the table - an…

— Leymah Gbowee