--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: If there's a distinction between men and…" description: "\"If there's a distinction between men and women, I don't pay attention to it. Honestly, I don't see it. I think all of us are part feminine and part mas..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/wayne-dyer-158_artificial_if-there-s-a-distinction-between-men-and_1870230.png" --- # If there's a distinction between men and women, I don't… ![“If there's a distinction between men and women, I don't pay attention to it. Honestly, I don't see it. I think all of us are part feminine and part masculine. I'm sure sociologists can come up with distinctions about what's different between men and women, but for every example you can give about…” quote by Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/wayne-dyer-158_artificial_if-there-s-a-distinction-between-men-and_1870230.png) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/wayne-dyer-158_artificial_if-there-s-a-distinction-between-men-and_1870230.png) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/wayne-dyer-158_artificial_if-there-s-a-distinction-between-men-and_1870230.png) > “If there's a distinction between men and women, I don't pay attention to it. Honestly, I don't see it. I think all of us are part feminine and part masculine. I'm sure sociologists can come up with distinctions about what's different between men and women, but for every example you can give about what a woman does, you can come up with an opposite example of other women who don't do that. Those are more artificial distinctions, I think.” [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Gender differences are socially constructed and not inherent; individuals embody both masculine and feminine traits. **In simple terms:** Gender roles are artificial; we all have both sides. Key Takeaway Recognize and value the full spectrum of human traits. Themes gender identity equality Mood thoughtful balanced Type philosophical inspirational When to use this quote - personal relationships - workplace dynamics - education - policy making - media representation Key Concepts social construction dual nature Questions to Reflect On - How do you balance recognizing fluidity with acknowledging biological differences? - What impact does this view have on gender equity initiatives? A Different Perspective May overlook biological influences that some argue are significant. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Artificial](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artificial/) [Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/) [Come up](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/come-up/) [Different](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/different/) [Distinction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distinction/) [Distinctions Different](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distinctions-different-2575456/) [Distinctions Think](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distinctions-think-2575455/) [Doe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doe/) [Example](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/example/) [Feminine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine/) [Feminine Masculine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminine-masculine-588431/) [Feminism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminism/) [Giving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/giving/) [Honestly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/honestly/) [Ifs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/) [Masculine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/masculine/) [Men](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/) [Men and women](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men-and-women/) [Opposites](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/opposites/) [Pay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pay/) [Pay attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pay-attention/) [Sociologists](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sociologists/) [Think Feminine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-feminine-975757/) [Thinking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/) ## Related quotes > [If there's a distinction between men and women, I don't pay attention to it. Honestly, I don't see it. I think all of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/if-there-s-a-distinction-between-men-and-women-i-don-t-pay-attention/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) > [We are all dually feminine and masculine. To give in to both of those things would strengthen us as human beings and there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruston-kelly/we-are-all-dually-feminine-and-masculine-to-give-in-to-both-of-those/) [Ruston Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruston-kelly/) > [On the subject of the feminist business, I just never think...of qualities which are specifically feminine or masculine. I suppose I divide people into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flannery-o-connor/on-the-subject-of-the-feminist-business-i-just-never-think-of/) [Flannery O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flannery-o-connor/) > [I really try to balance my feminine and masculine energy when I write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kali-uchis/i-really-try-to-balance-my-feminine-and-masculine-energy-when-i-write/) [Kali Uchis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kali-uchis/) > [My whole life I've had people telling me that I look like a man, I'm not feminine, I'm too masculine, all that stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhea-ripley/my-whole-life-i-ve-had-people-telling-me-that-i-look-like-a-man-i-m/) [Rhea Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhea-ripley/) > [Let's let our men be happy, be sad, be trans, be questioning, be bisexual, be non-conforming, be feminine, be masculine!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olly-alexander/let-s-let-our-men-be-happy-be-sad-be-trans-be-questioning-be-bisexual/) [Olly Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olly-alexander/) > [We all live in a culture that is continually isolating feminine and masculine aspects, even when they're not related to people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/we-all-live-in-a-culture-that-is-continually-isolating-feminine-and/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) > [I have very girly hands and I use them a lot when I talk in a way that I think is very feminine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-mcteer/i-have-very-girly-hands-and-i-use-them-a-lot-when-i-talk-in-a-way/) [Janet McTeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-mcteer/) > [We have this weird beauty standard where women, like, shouldn't grow: what we think is feminine is often what is also pre-pubescent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petra-collins/we-have-this-weird-beauty-standard-where-women-like-shouldn-t-grow/) [Petra Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petra-collins/) > [Sometimes when we think about femininity, we think also fragile. But I think you can be feminine and very strong. I think make-up goes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-bellucci/sometimes-when-we-think-about-femininity-we-think-also-fragile-but-i/) [Monica Bellucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-bellucci/) > [I think it's a feminine energy, not necessarily men versus women, but a nurturing, mothering, loving energy. I think definitely. But I think you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-rachel-wood/i-think-it-s-a-feminine-energy-not-necessarily-men-versus-women-but-a/) [Evan Rachel Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-rachel-wood/) > [Some people think of feminine as just being pretty and quiet and sweet, but I also think being feminine is being angry and also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charli-xcx/some-people-think-of-feminine-as-just-being-pretty-and-quiet-and/) [Charli XCX](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charli-xcx/) > [In my experience, the psychological aspect of femininity tends to be more receptive and apathetic and delicate. I think that because the feminine is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-marling/in-my-experience-the-psychological-aspect-of-femininity-tends-to-be/) [Laura Marling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-marling/) > [Being strong can be also feminine. I don't think feminine equals being weak. Being strong is very sexy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanaa-lathan/being-strong-can-be-also-feminine-i-don-t-think-feminine-equals-being/) [Sanaa Lathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanaa-lathan/) > [I want young people to see me and think you can be feminine and smart and successful, all at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/i-want-young-people-to-see-me-and-think-you-can-be-feminine-and-smart/) [Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/) ## More by Wayne Dyer > [Remember that your natural state is joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/remember-that-your-natural-state-is-joy/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) > [Be in a state of gratitude for everything that shows up in your life. Be thankful for the storms as well as the smooth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/be-in-a-state-of-gratitude-for-everything-that-shows-up-in-your-life/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) > [While the world of reality has its limits, the world of your imagination is without boundaries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/while-the-world-of-reality-has-its-limits-the-world-of-your/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) > [Trusting yourself is trusting the wisdom that created you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/trusting-yourself-is-trusting-the-wisdom-that-created-you/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) > [It's only a thought and a thought can be changed. Choose good ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/it-s-only-a-thought-and-a-thought-can-be-changed-choose-good-ones/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) > [When I get on the dance floor, my purpose in being on the dance floor is not to end up at another spot when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/when-i-get-on-the-dance-floor-my-purpose-in-being-on-the-dance-floor/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) > [Everyone in Life does Exactly what they Know How to Do Given the Conditions of their Lives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/everyone-in-life-does-exactly-what-they-know-how-to-do-given-the/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) > [You can't go around being what everyone wants you to be, living your life through other people's rules, and expect to be happy and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/you-can-t-go-around-being-what-everyone-wants-you-to-be-living-your/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) > [When you have the choice between being right and being kind just choose kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/when-you-have-the-choice-between-being-right-and-being-kind-just/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) > [If you want to be confident, but don't normally act that way, today, just this once, act in the physical world the way you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/if-you-want-to-be-confident-but-don-t-normally-act-that-way-today/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) > [We make weapons now that, if we ever used them, would kill ourselves. How do you explode a weapon with so much radiation in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/we-make-weapons-now-that-if-we-ever-used-them-would-kill-ourselves/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) > [What you feel is wrong or missing in your relationships is an indication that something is amiss within you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/what-you-feel-is-wrong-or-missing-in-your-relationships-is-an/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) > [The truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world; it's your thoughts that create these false beliefs. You can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/the-truth-is-that-there-is-no-actual-stress-or-anxiety-in-the-world/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) > [It is impossible to need excuses when the focus of your life shifts from 'What's in it for me?' to 'How can I serve?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/it-is-impossible-to-need-excuses-when-the-focus-of-your-life-shifts/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) > [The problem with using force in our lives is that we always create a counterforce. For example, If you're with a child and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/the-problem-with-using-force-in-our-lives-is-that-we-always-create-a/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) [Explore all 1,079 Wayne Dyer quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) ## More Artificial quotes > [One of our big goals in search is to make search that really understands exactly what you want, understands everything in the world. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-page/one-of-our-big-goals-in-search-is-to-make-search-that-really/) [Larry Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-page/) > [Baseball needs to put the steroids era behind it by having and enforcing tough rules against all kinds of artificial advantages, so that spring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marvin-olasky/baseball-needs-to-put-the-steroids-era-behind-it-by-having-and/) [Marvin Olasky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marvin-olasky/) > [People don't want to believe that technology is broken. Pharmaceuticals, robotics, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology - all these areas where the progress has been a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/people-don-t-want-to-believe-that-technology-is-broken/) [Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/) > [I find theater very lazy and artificial, and then when it's not, it lacks refinement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-tsakos/i-find-theater-very-lazy-and-artificial-and-then-when-it-s-not-it/) [Natasha Tsakos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-tsakos/) > [Conservative feminism is such an artificial term that doesn't mean much to me. For me conservatism means accepting reality. I acknowledge that there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristina-schroder/conservative-feminism-is-such-an-artificial-term-that-doesn-t-mean/) [Kristina Schroder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristina-schroder/) > [There is... an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/there-is-an-artificial-aristocracy-founded-on-wealth-and-birth/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) > [I think we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. If I had to guess at what our biggest existential threat is, it's probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elon-musk/i-think-we-should-be-very-careful-about-artificial-intelligence-if-i/) [Elon Musk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elon-musk/) > [There is no society or conversation to be kept up in the world without good-nature, or something which must bear its appearance and supply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/there-is-no-society-or-conversation-to-be-kept-up-in-the-world/) [Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/) > [Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply required to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/inflation-is-not-caused-by-the-actions-of-private-citizens-but-by-the/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) > [Of all evils of war the greatest is the purely spiritual evil: the hatred, the injustice, the repudiation of truth, the artificial conflict.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/of-all-evils-of-war-the-greatest-is-the-purely-spiritual-evil-the/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [Perspective, as its inventor remarked, is a beautiful thing. What horrors of damp huts, where human beings languish, may not become picturesque through aerial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/perspective-as-its-inventor-remarked-is-a-beautiful-thing-what/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) > [People always make this totally artificial distinction between what is commercial and what is good. They quote that maxim "Nobody ever lost money underestimating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/people-always-make-this-totally-artificial-distinction-between-what/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [We always want to live in an environment where there's no artificial block to good work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chiwetel-ejiofor/we-always-want-to-live-in-an-environment-where-there-s-no-artificial/) [Chiwetel Ejiofor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chiwetel-ejiofor/) > [What do you have to surrender? A drop has to dissolve into the ocean to become the ocean. And a drop cannot be greater…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/what-do-you-have-to-surrender-a-drop-has-to-dissolve-into-the-ocean/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) > [It was astonishing when at one point, I got the idea of how to make artifical clouds with a collaborator, we had pictures made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benoit-mandelbrot/it-was-astonishing-when-at-one-point-i-got-the-idea-of-how-to-make/) [Benoit Mandelbrot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benoit-mandelbrot/) [Browse all 819 Artificial quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artificial/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If there's a distinction between men and women, I don't pay attention to it. Honestly, I don't see it. I think all of us are part feminine and part masculine. I'm sure sociologists can come up with distinctions about what's different between men and women, but for every example you can give about what a woman does, you can come up with an opposite example of other women who don't do that. Those are more artificial distinctions, I think.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wayne Dyer" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/if-there-s-a-distinction-between-men-and-women-i-don-t-pay-attention-2/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Artificial" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/if-there-s-a-distinction-between-men-and-women-i-don-t-pay-attention-2/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/wayne-dyer-158_artificial_if-there-s-a-distinction-between-men-and_1870230.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/wayne-dyer-158_artificial_if-there-s-a-distinction-between-men-and_1870230.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/wayne-dyer-158_artificial_if-there-s-a-distinction-between-men-and_1870230.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If there's a distinction between men and women, I don't pay attention to it. Honestly, I don't see it. I…” — Wayne Dyer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Wayne Dyer", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "If there's a distinction between men...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/if-there-s-a-distinction-between-men-and-women-i-don-t-pay-attention-2/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/if-there-s-a-distinction-between-men-and-women-i-don-t-pay-attention-2/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```