Quotes About Society

Women can't have it all if that means doing it all.

Marilyn supplied sex so that she would be allowed to work, but not so that she wouldn't have to work.

Not only had I never made any such complaints, but at political meetings, I had given my suggestions to whatever man was sitting next to me, knowing that if a man offered them, they would be taken more seriously. You white women, Mrs. Greene said kindly, as if reading my mind, if you don't stand up for yourselves, how can you stand up for anybody else?

the idea of equality was so contagious that the right wing would soon rate feminism as a danger right up there with secular humanism and godless Communism. The

It had taken three murders - Martin Luther King, Jr., and two Kennedys - to leave the country with this choice between Nixon and Hubert Humphrey.

Anger is supposed to be "unfeminine," so we suppress

Gender is the remaining caste system that still cuts deep enough, and spreads wide enough, to be confused with the laws of nature.

And over time, the question I have to ask myself is this: What would I have felt had I known I was talking to a woman, not a man? Such is the divisive power of a binary called gender.

Despite all their faults, campaigns are based on the fact that every vote counts, and therefore every person counts. As freestanding societies, they are more open than academia, more idealistic than corporations, more unifying than religions, and more accessible than government itself. Campaign season is the only time of public debate about what we want for the future. It can change consciousness even more than who gets elected.

politics are a part of daily life.

We have become the men we wanted to marry.

This country thinks people with money are interesting, not people who need money like

Most women are one man away from welfare.

The accusation that feminism is bad for the family leads to understanding that it's bad for the patriarchal variety, but good for democratic families that are the basis of democracy.

If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrement.

Suddenly I guess why he's so angry. All those shows tell the stories of passengers, not drivers. When I ask him, he says, "Exactly! This country thinks people with money are interesting, not people who need money like me.

Often asked why you're not married? Explain: I can't mate in captivity!

human beings have an almost infinite capacity for adapting to the expectations around

The New York Times op-ed page changed it to "Women Are Never Front-Runners.

Our culture has created a sense of urgency and expectation that's hard to shake.

I aim not at getting honour but at contributing towards making society and its people worthy of honour.

The people's inclination to falsity best defines the human problem.

The problem with society is that the vast majority of its members consider the superficial things very crucial and the very crucial things superficial.

We don't need a better world, we need a better society.