Quotes About Feminism

I want to play interesting women.

This whole sort of 'war on women' sort of thing, I'm scratching my head because if there was a war on women, I think they won.

I would [call myself a feminist], yes, I believe in the unadulterated advancement of women. And we have so far to go still.

I think for a long time it seemed like working in an art form and being a feminist meant portraying women in a perfect, angelic light. And there's nothing feminist about that.

Legitimate revolution must be led by, made by those who have been most oppressed: black, brown, yellow, red, and white women-with men relating to that the best they can.

I think it's very repressive for a woman to be constantly told that she has to make films about women to better represent women, but then the reverse is not found.

I get quite disappointed that we're still telling stories that I think are problematic in terms of what they're saying about women.

Things are changing. They need to change more. It should not be of any note that a woman does something, because women do everything.

The war gave women like her opportunities, not a feminist movement, and if the opportunities dwindled after the war, she feels that it was because women didn't want them.

Why are women still this underclass? If we all banded together...

How did it come to be that you think men and women are the same? Well, there's a simple answer to the question: Feminism.

A bunch of liberals wanted to outlaw men gazing at women because the gaze was said to objectify women. Sorry, liberals, it can't be helped among the heterosexual crowd.

Modern-era feminists believe that there is no inherent difference in men and women, that it's all the way they're raised.

In civilized society, women have the ultimate power. It's women who say "no," in civilized society. That's what you feminists never have understood.

I grew up with 'Jane Eyre,' reading it at school, and it's one of those, I think, for a lot of women, a lot of girls, it's the iconic story and so many girls relate to Jane Eyre and her character.

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

Women, on average, earn less than men in almost every occupation, including traditional female orientated jobs like nursing and teaching.

We women shouldn't get our driver's licenses till real late in life.

One of the wonderful ways to celebrate women is to hire women.

I don't really care for like fat jokes about women, specifically.

I wouldn't call myself a feminist, because I think there are differences between men and women.

I was interested in working on a show that was driven by women.

No industry or country can reach its full potential until women reach their full potential.

For any of us in this room today, let's start out by admitting we're lucky. We don't live in the world our mothers lived in, our grandmothers lived in, where career choices for women were so limited.