Quotes About Stereotypes

Many people felt much closer to their own sex than to what was seen as the literally "opposite"—and alien—sex. In letters and diaries, women often referred to men as "the grosser sex.

In Cecil B. DeMille's 1920 film Why Change Your Wife? , the usually glamorous Gloria Swanson played a wife who wore glasses, listened to classical music, and read such books as How to Improve Your Mind . It was obvious to the audience why her husband left her for a perfumed, short-skirted man chaser. But a happy ending was achieved when Swanson's character ordered some sleeveless, backless dresses and devoted herself to improving her dance steps instead of her mind.

It was a newsflash to me that dating as a pre-thirty divorcette was as bad as having herpes.

I think something like that would be very good for him, especially if the girl were unconventionally beautiful. They are the best kind of girls, I think. I personally find "super models" strange. I don't know why this is.

If women are breadwinners and men bring home the bacon, why do people complain about having no dough? I'm confused. Also hungry.

Little girls grow up to be women, little boys grow up to be little boys.

You think homosexuality is disgusting? Then, it follows, it follows as the night the day, that you find sex disgusting, for there is nothing done between two men or two women that is, by any objective standard, different from that which is done between a man and a woman.

It is generally recognized that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multitasking, but less good at map-reading and spatial awareness. It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that women might be less good at mathematics and physics. It is not politically correct to say such things....But it cannot be denied that there are differences between men and women. Of course, these are differences between the averages only. There are wide variations about the mean.

t is generally recognized that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multitasking, but less good at map-reading and spatial awareness. It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that women might be less good at mathematics and physics. It is not politically correct to say such things....But it cannot be denied that there are differences between men and women. Of course, these are differences between the averages only. There are wide variations about the mean.

Women are better at keeping secrets, but men are more comfortable with them

They are surprised that he did it, though, which shows you that the male mind expects very little in the way of altruism from it's fellows.

You know what, kid? It's guys like you who give reading a bad name.

People assume any twentieth-century white male writer must be an alcoholic.

Men still think the same things about us they have always thought, Ruth - I'm sure of it. A lot of them have learned to say the right things at the right times, but as my mother used to say, 'Even a cannibal can learn to recite the Apostles' Creed'.

To see a man's true colors, tell him you're saving yourself for marriage. To see a woman's true colors, tell her you're poor.

Baptists never make love standing up. They're afraid someone might see them and think they're dancing.

The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.

The Jews are a nervous people. Nineteen centuries of Christian love have taken a toll.

It is easy for me to love myself, but for ladies to do it is another question altogether.

People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations

As a girl, you're supposed to love Sleeping Beauty. I mean, who wants to love Sleeping Beauty when you can be Aladdin?

People put me on a box, and I love when people think they know what I am capable of or not capable of. I thrive off of that.

It's possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by black people. You don't have to be a thug to get love from black people.

Westerns have often been considered the ugly stepchild of genre writing...