Accomplishment Quote by Sheryl Sandberg

There is a lot of research out there, which shows that when women behave like men they are penalized for it. Both socially and…

— Katty Kay

Studies show that women seeking power tend to be punished for doing so, because it goes against cultural bias. Women are expected to be…

— Catherine Mayer

The denial of female aggression is a destructive myth. It robs an entire gender of a significant spectrum of power, leaving women less than…

— Katherine Dunn

As women get more powerful, they get less likable. I see women holding themselves back because of this, but if we start talking about…

— Sheryl Sandberg

It must always be borne in mind that the assumption of woman's social superiority lies at the root of these rules of conduct.

— Humphry Davy

The entire social order ... is arrayed against a woman who wants to rise to a man's reputation.

— Madame de Stael

Women are all so far Machiavellians that they are never either good or bad by halves; their passions are too strong, and their reason…

— Lord Chesterfield

You know, [women] do not really condemn any weakness: rather, they try to humiliate or disarm our strengths. That is why women arethe reward,…

— Albert Camus

We live with a distinct double standard about male and female aggression. Women's aggression isn't considered real. It isn't dangerous; it's only cute. Or…

— Katherine Dunn

Bad behaviour makes men more glamorous. Women get destroyed, thrown out of society and locked up in institutions.

— Marianne Faithfull

Women are routinely demeaned, dismissed, discouraged and assaulted. Too many women's careers are stymied or ended because of harassment and abuse. In politics, where…

— Zephyr Teachout

“Professor Gruenfeld was able to explain the price women pay for success. “Our entrenched cultural ideas associate men with leadership qualities and women with…

— Sheryl Sandberg