Community Quote by Jessica Williams

Patriarchy is bestowed on men at birth. Whether you want it or not, you have a privilege as a man, and you either fight…

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Patriarchy is so ingrained in our psyche, that most us propagate it in small ways even without realizing.

— Shoojit Sircar

... patriarchy creates megapatterns that affect us all--even as we forge different individual choices within them--just as do themegapatterns of nationalism or racism.

— Gloria Steinem

While most men don't have first-hand experience with gender-based discrimination, we can still be powerful allies for advancing women's rights. We need to do…

— Cory Booker

I wish she'd said something different, but patriarchy is as prevalent around the world as racism and xenophobia are. We can't hide from it,…

— Raquel Cepeda

It's hard for men sometimes to talk about feminism, just as it's hard for people who aren't from ethnic minorities to talk about racial…

— O. T. Fagbenle

The struggle against patriarchy and racism must be substantively robust and inextricably intertwined.

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

We'd better not speak against misogyny if, in the same breath, we're not also speaking against transphobia and homophobia and racism and classism and…

— Glennon Doyle Melton

“It’s everywhere: a system of thought and a set of invented and discriminatory practices in our laws, culture and economy that feminists call the…

— Robert Webb

I feel like we need to understand feminism more as a tool to mediate, counteract, to ultimately defeat patriarchy and restore balance to our…

— Ani DiFranco

We still have gaps that are rooted in gender inequality. Certainly we have discrimination against the LGBT community.

— Hillary Clinton

God established patriarchy when he established the world. God established a patriarchal world. If we're going to have true reformation in America, it is…

— Randall Terry