Quotes About Feminism

I never identified as a woman too much, because women aren't too different from men. But with all the #MeToo and Time's Up stuff, I thought about it differently.

The problem for all women is we're identified by how we look instead of by our heads and our hearts.

I identify as a feminist. I have so many feminist beliefs - and then I'm so mean to myself about my body sometimes.

Most people don't know this, but I never wanted Man Repeller to be about me. It was titled that to identify a genre of women.

We need a feminist movement in which the facts of the case trump the identities of the parties involved.

Up until 1920, women couldn't vote. Until 1974, married women couldn't get their own credit cards or, in some cases, their own loans. Basically, the husband's professional, social, and economic identity covered the individual identity of the wife.

It's about believing in yourself and ignoring the fact that men dominate it. In fact, I feel women are as strong as men.

It's so important for women to create images of women - or any group, at that.

There are certain images attached to an Indian woman - a mother, daughter, homemaker... there are certain parts of it that I really like, and I love having that identity also, but I feel women shouldn't be limited to that.

To liberate women and end violence is to break down the culture of power imbalance.

I think that idea of 'because I'm sexy, I'm a feminist' is kind of immature. But as long as women think being sexy is what makes them beautiful and powerful... then it will continue.

I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology.

I'm probably a little more like my dad. But because of my mom, I never saw being a woman as being an impediment to being able to do something. She had her Ph.D. before I was born.

As I started to think about how I can claim feminism while also acknowledging my humanity and my imperfections, 'bad feminism' simply seemed like the best answer.

I still describe myself as the activist with cleavage. Breast implants made me feel a lot sexier.

I feel like it's improving a little bit as we go on, but I've never been to Lilith Fair. It always seemed so cool that it was started by women, for women, and it was a safe place to go and hear all of your favorite female acts in one space.

In little more than a generation, feminism has obliterated roles. If you wonder why so many men choose not to get married, the answer lies in large part in the contemporary devaluation of the husband and of the father - of men as men, in other words.

For some reason, when I think feminism, I think, like, 'Well, you can't include men if you're talking about feminism and being a feminist,' so I get a little bit muddled. I find it to be a bit grey. Then if you say you are not a feminist, that means that you're not pro-woman!

If you're going to tell stories about life, you have to include a woman in your story.

I don't think feminism is about the exclusion of men but their inclusion... we must face and address those issues, especially to include younger men and boys.

Everyone wants to be inclusive in the Women's Evolution.

The problem is with men. I know I shouldn't say this, but they've shrouded and hidden women to hide their incompetence.

I seek to cast an incorruptible gaze on women, especially where they are the accomplices of men.

Indeed, 'Sex and the City' highlighted the importance of female friendships, and showed the world that it was hip to be single.