Ballet Quote by Matt Haig

I was always made to feel that men were desirable because of their masculinity, and for a boy, being feminine was not something you…

— Courtney Act

I never felt oppressed because of my gender. When I'm writing a poem or drawing, I'm not a female; I'm an artist.

— Patti Smith

Some men feel threatened by the idea of feminism. This comes, I think, from the insecurity triggered by how boys are brought up, how…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I feel excited in that I think boys born to feminists have a leg up. At least, the ones I've met seem like they…

— Maggie Nelson

I remember growing up wanting to play with the boundaries of what was considered 'feminine' and 'masculine' clothing, but feeling like I couldn't or…

— Emma Corrin

To be feminist doesn't mean simply to do nothing, to reduce yourself to total impotence under the pretext of refusing masculine values. There is…

— Simone de Beauvoir

Like many traditional feminists, I became one of the boys, only better. For a while it gave me a buzz to win at their…

— Scilla Elworthy

I love that contradiction of being feminine but playing in the boys' treehouse. My whole life's been like that.

— Gwen Stefani

The demands of having to be 'masculine' are as damaging to men as the demands of having to be 'feminine' are to women. I…

— Naomi Alderman

The number one taboo for boys is to be feminine, so for someone to not only override their internal directive but society's directive is…

— RuPaul

Look at The Iliad, there's all this stuff about men loving children. The King of Sparta was the most brutal warrior of ancient Greece,…

— Stephen Marche

I never felt the need for feminism. I never felt competition with men, which I really believed started the movement.

— Angie Dickinson