Assignments Quote by Judith Butler

“If the goal of feminism is to end patriarchy and gender-based oppression, then transgender politics supplies us one of the most important perspectives from…

— Shiri Eisner

I believe in assigned sex but not necessarily gender. Gender is a learned construct that is detrimental to both sexes.

— Esme Creed-Miles

“Feministing writer Jos Truitt puts it, “trans women are disrespected and treated terribly when they don’t pass, but if they do pass they’re called…

— Anne Helen Petersen

Achieving gender equality is about disrupting the status quo - not negotiating it.

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Is individual gender suffering relieved at the price of role conformity and the perpetuation of role stereotypes on a social level? In changing sex,…

— Janice Raymond

“It doesn't really matter what a person decides to do, or how radically a person plays with gender. What matters, I think, is how…

— Kate Bornstein

I think we have to accept a wide variety of positions on gender. Some want to be gender-free, but others want to be free…

— Judith Butler

“Anyone who brings up gender in the workplace is wading into deep and muddy waters. The subject itself presents a paradox, forcing us to…

— Sheryl Sandberg

The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be rather than recognizing how we are. Imagine how much happier we would…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be, rather than recognising how we are.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The transgender movement even divides itself up by gender, as many folks stick with their same trans-genders (female-to-male or male-to-female). Additionally, the movement gets…

— Kate Bornstein

“Many people believe trans women choose to engage in the sex trade rather than get a real job. That belief is misguided because sex…

— Janet Mock