Quotes About Feminism

In 'Lean In,' Sheryl Sandberg gives a frank assessment of what it will take for women to move forward as equals to men. Her book is full of sound advice and informed recommendations and marked by its positive outlook.

Women are not baby machines. There's a lot more to being a woman, so reducing them to that is quite disgusting.

If someone says to me that 'Horizon' is an anti-feminist anthem, I have to tell them, 'No, that's not right.' But I'm not interested in unpicking my music for people. Everybody has different reference points.

I will no longer be referred to as Miss Steinem of Ms. magazine.

I think if there's anything 2016 has taught me, it's that we have a real hard time with women in our society; we have a hard time with the feminine.

I was raised by a hardcore feminist.

Females - we go just as hard as the guys, if not harder.

Fifth Harmony are all feminists. It's our duty to reach out to people and let them know a woman can be just as powerful as a man can be.

Women's behavior in handling beauty, even before feminism, was to deny they had any. Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.

I've never been the kind of woman that hates other women, particularly based on their attractiveness.

When I first became a lawyer, only 2% of the bar was women. People would always think I was a secretary. In those days, professional women in the business world wore hats. So I started wearing hats.

I was such a fan of Cyndi Lauper and her whole 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' thing.

We're not hard-core feminists. We like men and we like to have fun with them. But we also want men to think about females in different ways.

A lot of women feel apologetic or feel the need to make excuses for not having children but women don't need to if they don't want to.

I think a cosmetics company should be headed by a woman.

My foot is just as heavy as a dude's foot, if not heavier.

I like heels and make-up.

But let me tell you something. Gloria Steinem never helped me out; Larry Flynt did.

I'm an accomplice to helping women get what they want.

I wanted to be the greatest woman guitarist alive. I had fantasies about being a female Jimi Hendrix.

All women should become Hercules!

Since finding out my great-great-grandma was connected to the suffragettes, I've learned so much more about them. I feel really proud of her and that it's my heritage.

Joss Whedon is a hero of mine, and what he's done for women in film and television, particularly when it comes to writing female roles that would typically go to a man, is awesome.

Lena Dunham is a hero of mine.