Quotes About Expectations

You can't marry boys and expect them to be men - and you can't massage them into being men.

Most women complain that there are no single, straight men left. I'd just like to meet one who's human.

The parts for women, you're either like the quietly suffering wife or the wild girl.

We're still expected to color within the lines of accepted femininity, and women who step out of those lines are usually attacked, whether verbally or physically.

As a culture women are brought up to be fundamentally insecure.

It's not that women don't feel things, we do. We fall in love, we get our hearts broken, we're disappointed and sad, but we've also been taught that you must always have your pride. Above all.

Because I also teach college, I am around a lot of young women who are just starting out, and I often see them coming up against certain expectations that may be more gender-specific.

My favorite question that is asked only of women is, 'What do you do with yourself all day?' The only possible answer is, 'Make nuclear bombs in my bathroom. Just little ones, though.

Women now were told not to settle for second best, told that they deserved better, but at a time, it seemed, when there was so much less to go around.

It's really hard to meet good women in Hollywood.

There is plenty of room in the world for mediocre men but there is no room for mediocre women.

He didn't like to see either of the women in his family disappointed; it ruined perfectly good meals.

Women have lives that become increasingly empty. They're doing more and feeling less.

Grandmother belongs to the generation of women who were satisfied to have men retain their vices, if they removed their hats.

Aging is fraught with difficulties, most particularly for women who have been socialized to think of youth as beauty and the female role as reproduction.

Wifehood and motherhood... are a bigger handicap than the average male genius would... essay to carry to success.

Men think if they're getting laid, everything is fine. Women think if they feel good, everything is fine. Neither turns out to be a very good indicator.

I'm afraid I'm not sufficiently inhibited about the things that other women are inhibited about for me. They feel that you've given away trade secrets.

Some women choose to stay at home and be housewives. If they are happy with it, then it's a wonderful choice. But I know I couldn't do that. I couldn't be a housewife.

Why should women have to fit into child sizes in order to be considered desirable? That is both sick and depressing.

I'm not that fashion-conscious. A lot of times, when women are appearing to be so perfect, it's because they're a mess underneath.

I don't know any neighborhoods where everyone's walking around in seven-inch heels and perfect makeup.

I'm not a great pregnant woman.

Women are secretaries of state and prime ministers - but people still don't expect women to be involved in violence.