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Quotes About Gender

'I hate discussions of feminism that end up with who does the dishes,' she said. So do I. But at the end, there are always the damned dishes.
~ Marilyn French
Feminism is just about equality, really, and there's so much stuff attached to the word, when it's actually so simple. I don't know why it's always so bogged down.
~ Mia Wasikowska
There's been the same kind of demonizing of the word 'feminism' as words like 'liberal,' 'affirmative action,' and so on.
~ Gloria Steinem
Feminism has been so co-opted, but the fact is, feminism benefits men as well.
~ Karin Slaughter
I've written about women's lives, and I just want to write about them from being a woman. I don't need feminism on top of that when I'm writing.
~ Sheila Heti
To me, feminism is believing in women's equality, and I ardently ascribe to that belief.
~ Cory Booker
Feminism, to me, is nothing more and nothing less than the belief in equality for women.
~ Kodie Shane
It was actually having a son made me think about feminism.
~ Sandi Toksvig
America may be the home of feminism, but I don't think the electorate will allow a woman to be president.
~ Lydia Hearst
Feminism in India is very fake.
~ Payal Rohatgi
The Left can have transgenderism or feminism, but it can't have both.
~ Michael J. Knowles
We exist in a media that's obsessed with feminism, but as soon as there's an opportunity to bring down a woman at the top, we'll do it.
~ Dawn O'Porter
Either you are a feminist or you are a sexist/misogynist. There is no box marked 'other.'
~ Ani DiFranco
I just happen to be a woman and involved in sport, but that doesn't necessarily make me a feminist.
~ Katie Taylor
How can you not be a feminist if you have a brain in your head? If you're not a feminist, then you're a problem.
~ Jon Krakauer
Women need to be treated equally as men, but there are issues with the term feminist and people balk at that.
~ Sara Cox
I think I'm always inspired by really, really funny, amazing women, but I'm also inspired by really funny, amazing men. I think there's more of a feminist voice, like with Amy Schumer being out right now, whom I adore.
~ Cecily Strong
Being a feminist is being equal to do what a man do.
~ Cardi B
I wouldn't really call myself a feminist. I obviously want equality and equal opportunities to the men.
~ Katie Taylor
As a result of the feminist revolution, 'feminine' becomes an abusive epithet.
~ Wyndham Lewis
I define my work as a feminist act and a political act because I'm black and a woman. You don't necessarily have to claim that, but the act of making art itself is a political and feminist act when you're a woman.
~ Mickalene Thomas
You can't be a woman and not be a feminist, I don't think. If you care about the world and the world you exist in and your rights.
~ Sally Hawkins
I don't think in a male or female way. I don't differentiate between male and female. I never have. I'm not considered a feminist.
~ Martha Stewart
Anthropology in general has always been fairly hospitable to female scholars, and even to feminist scholars.
~ Clifford Geertz