Quote by Mary Beard Download Open image ““first recorded example of a man telling a woman to ‘shut up’;”” — Mary Beard ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
Women always think that if they tell a man not to be pompous that will shut him up, but I am an old hand… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“Shut up!' I shouted. 'Why can you not see that my desire to be rid of you has nothing to do with feistiness or… — Katherine Longshore Copy Share Image
“That is why I am proudly and vocally a nasty woman; tired of making excuses, of letting politeness stop me from defending myself. I… — 404 Ink Copy Share Image
Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Behind almost every woman you ever heard of stands a man who let her down.” — Naomi Bliven Copy Share Image
“It simply isn’t a woman’s nature to be silent for prolonged periods of time.” — Maya Banks Copy Share Image
“The communication block between men and women: Men―"Can't you hear what I'm saying?" Women―"Can't you feel what I'm saying?” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Shut up!" He bellowed again, clearly very confused. “Why do people say ‘shut up’? Shut what… My hand? My mouth? If you mean mouth… — Kaycee Browning Copy Share Image
“I never heard a man speak so boldly, so rudely to a woman. I never knew words could act like fingers, touching where they… — Julie Berry Copy Share Image
I receive something we might euphemistically call an 'inappropriately hostile' response - that is to say, more than fair criticism or even fair anger… — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
We have never escaped a certain male cultural desire for women's silence. — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
“we have no template for what a powerful woman looks like, except that she looks rather like a man.” — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
“(In the Afghan parliament, apparently, they disconnect the mics when they don’t want to hear the women speak).” — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
I've chosen to be this way because that's how I feel comfortable with myself. That's how I am. It's about joining up the dots… — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
People who exploit others come to spend an enormous amount of energy wondering about and justifying that exploitation. — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
Wherever possible, I try to see things from the other side of the dividing line and to read civilisation 'against the grain.' — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
I remember plastering the kitchen with Black Power pictures of Angela Davis. — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
“thinking about power as an attribute or even a verb (‘to power’), not as a possession.” — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
If women are not perceived to be fully within the structures of power, surely it is power that we need to redefine rather than… — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
