Acknowledged Quote by Stella Young

“The norms of femininity suppress the body potential of women. We grow up learning that the feminine body is soft, not muscular, passive, incapable,…

— Iris Young

The naked female body is treated so weirdly in society. It's like people are constantly begging to see it, but once they do, someone's…

— Lena Horne

And, what's more, this 'precious' body, the very same that is hooted and honked at, demeaned both in daily life as well as in…

— Emilie Autumn

“...women's bodies are "inferiorised, stigmatized . . . within an overarching patriarchal ideology. For example, biologically and physiologically, women's bodies are seen as both…

— Sheila Jeffreys

It's a form of violence, in the way that we look at women and how we expect them to look and be - for…

— Rosario Dawson

“Under the current ‘tyranny of slenderness’ women are forbidden to become large or massive; they must take up as little space as possible. The…

— Sandra Lee Bartky

We have this weird beauty standard where women, like, shouldn't grow: what we think is feminine is often what is also pre-pubescent.

— Petra Collins

Every human body has its optimum weight and contour, which only health and efficiency can establish. Whenever we treat women's bodies as aesthetic objects…

— Germaine Greer

Females carry the marks, language and nuances of their culture more than the male. Anything that is desired or despised is always placed on…

— Wangechi Mutu

“although there are many factors that contribute to women's body-image issues, we cannot ignore the role that society plays in the aesthetics of what…

— Malebo Sephodi

The best and simplest cosmetic for women is constant gentleness and sympathy for the noblest interests of her fellow-creatures. This preserves and gives to…

— Berthold Auerbach

Early in the phase of being in a female body, there's all this desire that comes at you, a lot of it hostile, a…

— Jane Alison