Battle Quote by Linda Colley

Patriarchy is having the power to name.

— Kate Zambreno

Parliament's centuries of history have been overwhelmingly dominated by men, but things are changing.

— Andrea Leadsom

Our leaders are archaic masculine figures in so far as they are aggressively old-fashioned in their masculinity, people like Trump, potentially Boris Johnson.

— Josh O'Connor

“In times of war, men’s control of the armed forces has made them the masters of civilian society, too. They then used their control…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Men equally honest, equally devoted to their fatherland, are momentarily separated by different conceptions of their duty.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

Men have the influence and power in business and politics. It is the mother who can make the child's bedtime earlier, take away desserts…

— Warren Farrell

In retrospect, I have come to recognise just how astounding my mother was during our childhood. She kept a woodwork shop and made beautiful…

— Alexandra Fuller

The rationale which accompanies that imposition of male authority euphemistically referred to as 'the battle of the sexes' bears a certain resemblance to the…

— Kate Millett

Women, more than men, are bound by tradition and authority. What the father, the brother, the doctor, and the minister have said has been…

— Maria Mitchell

Every boy was supposed to come into the world equipped with a father whose prime function was to be our father and show us…

— Frank Pittman

Dad was the generation that fought in both world wars, and people married rather later when they had been in the trenches. My mum…

— Prunella Scales

Our society constantly promotes role models for masculinity, from superheroes to politicians, where the concept of being a 'man' is based in their ability…

— Deeyah Khan