Quotes About Feminism

Women are still second-class citizens.

We Latin women are liberated from the neck up, not the neck down.

A lot of women are afraid of loneliness, so when they see a woman who can live alone, then they think, 'Hmm, I can do that.' But you need an example, and that is why I am proud to say I have divorced three husbands.

When you have increasing power of religious groups, oppression of women increases. Women are oppressed in all religions.

If you look at NBC, two of their most successful shows - '30 Rock' and 'Parks And Rec' - are written by women, produced by women, and I think that's the future. Women are the new men.

There aren't good roles for women: the female parts aren't developed: the women are serving the men.

Should we tolerate debate within feminism's ranks? Undebatable! But it's not so simple: women are socialised to avoid conflict; when we do differ, especially on politics and in public, it's still tediously labelled a 'catfight.'

We often see literature about women that impair and immerse the women themselves, such as when women are portrayed as objects of consumerism.

It's now taken for granted that women are in bands and you can say feminist things in your songs. But back in the early '90s, there was a lot of violence at Bikini Kill shows that people don't realize happened.

Despite the strength of the feminist movement in the 1970s and beyond, a fable has persisted that educated women are rejected as marriage partners.

I've noticed that women are always punished for their sexuality in popular culture.

I love stories about women, and I think stories about women are generally pretty underrepresented.

I would love to be in a Nicholas Sparks movie. And Scarlett Johansson inspired me. I think it's cool when women are able to kick butt.

The notion that somehow women are wildly different infuriates me.

The rights of women are to the 21st century what civil rights were to the 20th.

Corporate engineers have looked at how women are with each other, borrowing the best tips from female neighborhood culture and then transporting them back into the bosom of capitalism. They've feminized capitalism.

Women are never the protagonists; we're always reactionary against everything that's done to us. I like people who write for women that have got a bit more about them.

Too often, women are portrayed in two ways: as prizes to be won by men or as damsels in distress.

Women are completely disadvantaged - despite what men will say. It is not a fair fight.

As a feminist, just to speak to what women go through, I think women are put in a box way too often. What I love about 'You're the Worst' is that no female character is portrayed as a black-and-white cartoon character. We're all complicated, messy human beings.

I describe the relationship between man and woman as a Hegelian relationship between master and slave. As long as men are able to increase their sexual value through work, fame or wealth, while women are only powerful through their body, beauty and youth, nothing will change.

Women are not always taken as seriously as we should be, so sometimes we have to put our foot down.

I'm not an ardent feminist - well, maybe I am an ardent feminist. I just roll my eyes at the way women are constantly used and how sensitive men are about photographs of themselves.

It is not possible that it is God's will that women are making 77 cents on a dollar.