Quote by M. Gigi Durham

For me, the male gaze is oppressive. And I hope if we are building a female gaze that it's inclusive, and it's about pure…

— Christine and the Queens

Sometimes you have to show a little skin. This reminds boys of being naked, and then they think of sex.

— Cher

“Boys are always inarticulate where their deepest feelings are concerned; however much they may desire it they cannot express kind and sympathetic feelings.”

— William Henry Hudson

“Boys will be boys, that's what people say. No one ever mentions how girls have to be something other than themselves altogether. We are…

— Hilary Thayer Hamann

One of the tragedies of our day is that too many boys are growing up without guidance of a father, or another man, to…

— Dennis Rainey

“I often wear clothes that men don’t like or don’t “understand.” I wear them because I like them and because I feel good in…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Boys seek attention, men demand respect.”

— Habeeb Akande

“Look, girls and boys are different. Girls like to be touched twenty times a day in a nonsexual way to feel good about themselves…

— Louise Rennison

We need to stop raising boys to think that they need to prove their masculinity by being controlling or by not showing emotion or…

— Gloria Steinem

“The notion that boys are unable to control themselves is a scary message. If men can’t control themselves, they must be dangerous. This negative…

— Laura M. Brotherson

Breaking gender norms just comes instantly as soon as a boy is comfortable and confident enough to put on makeup.

— James Charles

I don't know how in the twenty-first century we can possibly justify not showing girls things that they can aspire to, and at the…

— Geena Davis