Quotes About Gender

Some girls are taught to be sexy.

I like the idea of men's tailoring on girls. It's very strong and sexy in a non-overt way.

I think that there's this idea - especially for male readers, but female readers as well, because we're all indoctrinated, right? - where there's this idea that if a woman is tough, it can only be in a way that is still sexy.

I've worked in predominately male sets my entire life. Shakespeare? Let's talk about that.

I think women judge other women more harshly, always, which is a shame.

People shame women, but then you see all these guys, and they can do whatever they want. That isn't just in wrestling, that is life.

My brother and my dad always used to shave their hair, and I remember thinking, 'Why can't I do the same?'

I don't see what's shocking about a man in a dress.

A lot of the time I hate acting. It has a lot to do with the way I was brought up in a world where showing your emotions is frowned upon. It's just not manly. I don't do anything in life because I love doing it. It's because I want to be good at it.

In terms of showing their emotions and acting on them, my women characters are a lot more advanced than the men.

I love dominating in what's been considered man's world and showing them that women are equal talent.

Why cannot a woman be shown working out of choice, the way men do? Can't a woman work because she enjoys it and is capable of doing it? Why should they be shown leaving home for employment as a sacrifice for the family?

I love math and science, and also, my mom is a doctor. I grew up not even having an awareness that women were not supposed to be good at science.

I just want a healthy, happy baby, so the whether it's a boy or a girl really doesn't matter.

Definitely, India is a male-dominated country. Our films and society are also male-dominated and will always be. But its backbone will always be women because women give strength.

There's a backlash against womyn that's really bad right now.

I just knew: first-time female on ESPN, there's going to be some backlash, like any change. There's always going to be resistance. There are going to be people that hear a female voice or see a female figure and are completely against it.

Because I'm a woman writing about women who do bad things, that's somehow very 'other.' When men write that, it's called a novel. It's just a book.

We've actually played badly, and people are saying, 'Ah, we're so proud.' Is it just because we're the women's team? If that was the men, you wouldn't be saying that.

I am baffled by men. When they want me, I don't want them; when I want them, they don't want me.

I was really sensitive because people would say they thought I was a boy or call me a boy and stuff like that. I always had my hair back and, like I said, baggy clothes. So it was kind of sad. I didn't know what to do about it, and I didn't know what I was doing wrong because I was just being me.

I think it's good for a woman to put on a bit of weight when she gets older - it looks better. But a man has to stay balanced.

Ballroom is a man's world. It's tough for women, particularly single women. But I've never expected life to be anything but tough.

My father worked in a bank while my mother looked after my four brothers and me, the only girl in our family.