Cultural Quote by Mary Beard Download Open image “We have never escaped a certain male cultural desire for women's silence.” — Mary Beard ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cultural Cultural Desire Desire Desire Women Male Cultural Never Silence Women Women Silence
Maybe silence is something we're uncomfortable with as a culture, I don't know. — Anton Yelchin Copy Share Image
The most sympathetic of men never fully comprehend woman's concrete situation. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Historically men have suppressed women quite effectively. They have suppressed women since the beginning of our history. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There shall never be another season of silence until women have the same rights men have on this green earth. — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
The world has never had a greater need for enlightened women and men. — Frederick Lenz 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 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
When it comes to silencing women, Western culture has had thousands of years of practice. — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
The world is getting more connected through technology and travel. Cuisines are evolving. Some people are scared of globalization, but I think people will… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
The most successful cultural diplomacy strategy integrates people-to-people or arts/culture/media-to-people interactions into the basic business of diplomacy. The programs in Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iran… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
“It has become a cultural norm in Jewish families for parents to bring up their children to value wealth.” — H.W. Charles Copy Share Image
When the 2008 victory of Barack Obama and the defeat of grumpy old John McCain began looking, um, inevitable, I started fielding inquiries about… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
Affirmative action was designed to recognize the uniquely difficult journey of African-Americans. This policy was justifiable and understandable, even to those who came from… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
While we welcome people of all faiths in America we cannot be so naive as to expect all countries to do the same. But… — Michael Huffington Copy Share Image
K-pop itself is not just a music genre, but a whole cultural phenomenon. — Lee Tae-min Copy Share Image
I feel that there are a few things in the world without cultural barriers. — Jackie Chan Copy Share Image
“So, drenched and downing champagne, I danced a rather demented waltz-cum-jig with a young bride I'd never met before in a place I'd never… — Colin Irwin Copy Share Image
I make it my business to see or do something cultural in every place I go to. If you don't, you'll get into a… — Jack Reynor Copy Share Image
There are various kinds of savagery: emotional, spiritual, economic, and cultural savagery. — Don Winslow Copy Share Image
