Define Quote by Sarah Kay

I think so many women allow themselves to be defined by somebody else's narrative.

— Whitney Wolfe Herd

Every woman in this world is allowed to define themselves how they want.

— Whitney Wolfe Herd

“For Black women as well as Black men, it is axiomatic that if we do not define ourselves for ourselves, we will be defined…

— Audre Lorde

Men have been adjudicating on what women are, and how they should behave, for millennia through the institutions of social control such as religion,…

— Sheila Jeffreys

The world needs women to redefine what it means to be a person of power

— Elizabeth Lesser

Men have laid down the rules and definitions by which the world is run, and one of the objects of their definitions is woman

— Sally Kempton

We are used to women's narratives being defined through the male perspective. I challenge that as a concept.

— Danai Gurira

Women have had the power of naming stolen from us. We have not been free to use our own power to name ourselves, the…

— Mary Daly

I think women have long been defined by their roles as procreators and wives, and we're expected to serve, take care of, say 'Yes,'…

— Carrie Coon

They [women] can use their abilities to support each other, even as they develop more effective and appropriate ways of dealing with power… Women…

— Jean Baker Miller

Women must be the spokesmen for a new humanity arising out of the reconciliation of spirit and body.

— Carol P. Christ

There are things that a woman sings, and only a woman knows the full meaning. You may sing for men as well as for…

— Gayl Jones