Afraid Quote by Mary Beard

I don't think that we are completely dominated by what we have inherited from the past, but it is the case that as far…

— Mary Beard

In our civilization men are afraid they will not be man enough, and women are afraid that they might be considered only women.

— Theodor Reik

I claim that every woman in this century and in our culture sphere who has ventured into male-dominated institutions - 'literature' and 'aesthetics' are…

— Christa Wolf

But why should I cast myself in the ancient female part of victim of men's plots and passions?

— Ellen Douglas

In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they may be considered only women.

— Anonymous

After my first book, many of my readers came back to tell me that the female characters I had created were not strong enough.…

— Ravi Subramanian

I don't know if I have any particular views about women in positions of power, though I do think it's more difficult for women,…

— George R. R. Martin

“Nothing indicts female allegiance to patriarchy more than the willingness to behave as though the problems created by cultural investment in sexist thinking about…

— Bell Hooks

Greek myths, early Roman history, is configured around violence against women. And I think we need to get in there, get our hands dirty,…

— Mary Beard

I by no means intend to simplify the challenges women face in any culture. Women are marginalized in all cultures in my opinion, some…

— Zainab Salbi

There is one common condition for the lot of women in Western civilization and all other civilizations that we know about for certain, and…

— Rebecca West

Here you have an incredibly ambitious, accomplished woman who comes up against some of the same problems that women in power come up against…

— Stacy Schiff