Clubs Quote by John Waters

“We decided to become a society of women, a club to make sure women were protected. The club was something important back then. Not…

— Sarah Addison Allen

“A woman from the audience asks: ‘Why were there so few women among the Beat writers?’ and [Gregory] Corso, suddenly utterly serious, leans forward…

— Stephen Scobie

My experience in childhood and adolescence of the subordinate role played by the female in a society run entirely by men had convinced me…

— Rita Levi-Montalcini

“A lady is the last thing on earth I want to be. Capitalists sidetrack the women into clubs and make ladies of them.”

— Mother Jones

“The sexual segregation of the labour force, and the preservation of workplaces as arenas for fraternal solidarity, have remained remarkably stable during the twentieth…

— Carole Pateman

“Men and women sleep not with each other but with the memories, the regrets, the hopes of unions yet to come. Our adulteries are…

— George Steiner

I grew up in a commune where no one considered me female, particularly.

— Kristin Hersh

Depending on which side of the fence you're on, you could argue that the sexual liberation of the late '60s, led to women being…

— Steve Coogan

I grew up around women.

— Sal Vulcano

You had to be an over-the-top, demanding, dramatic figure in order to progress as a woman in Europe over the last few hundred years.…

— Rufus Wainwright

“I'm a young woman who subverts the conventionally accepted gender paradigm because I refuse to conform.”

— Sara Benincasa

“hey’d say that heterosexual women become feminists when they finally understand that society doesn’t allow them to be complete and free human beings— but…

— Lillian Faderman