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Quotes About Gender

When people say, 'There aren't enough women on panel shows,' the answer is to make the host a woman.
~ Sandi Toksvig
I think that androgyny is so amazing. Men's shows I can look at and say, 'I would wear that.' But there's things I see at Nina Ricci, and I'm like, 'They need to make that in men's,' or 'I want those pants.' Everything is inspiring.
~ Mark Indelicato
Guys are so not into high-waisted things. I love high-waisted jeans. We all think that high-waisted things are flattering and awesome and beautiful and we're rocking it, and guys are always like, 'Ugh, she's wearing those high-waisted pants.'
~ Behati Prinsloo
It's interesting that people think that pants are masculine. Pants are pants.
~ Asia Kate Dillon
I don't see why clothes have to be women's or men's. It seems pretty limiting. I buy women's pants, women's shoes - everything, really.
~ Vic Mensa
A man could come in the room with his hair not cut, not done, pants around his ankles and people still gon' be like, 'Oh, that's his style. It's cool.' Being a woman, you have to be on your P's and Q's at all times, because not only do you have to keep up your appearance for men, but other women judge you so hard.
~ Megan Thee Stallion
Gender-neutral clothing is often, for lack of a better term, bags on bags. A baggy shirt with baggy pants, that sort of erases any individuality, as opposed to enhancing it.
~ Asia Kate Dillon
I read a piece of writing and within a paragraph or two I know whether it is by a woman or not.
~ V. S. Naipaul
I don't clean now, because I'm paralyzed. But let me tell you, I would clean. I cleaned, and I ironed. It's my inner femininity.
~ Michael Graves
Education has rules and parameters. Women outperform men when the parameters are clear.
~ Caroline Ghosn
In India, tradition is paramount. Husband-wife relationship is okay. They do not allow girls to go out.
~ Dutee Chand
It is paramount that we take control of the story behind our movement, which is that we seek equality for all Americans, no matter their race or gender.
~ Eric Reid
I try to parent equally, but I think little girls are a little more sensitive.
~ Don Johnson
Men and women have defined roles, and it's the responsibility of a parent to make sure they know which way to go; otherwise, a child would feed themselves with their feet without the correct guidance.
~ Monica Johnson
Women are encouraged to go on an emotional journey of self-care after a divorce, while men are expected to need help learning how to cook and parent on their own.
~ Emily V. Gordon
As for the American child's classic problem - too much mother, too little father - that would be cured by an equalization of parental responsibility.
~ Gloria Steinem
We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook?
~ Ellen Goodman
With respect to parenting, biological age is not, for men, the concern it is for women.
~ Rumaan Alam
I see myself as quite feminine. But many people seem to think differently about that; sometimes people mistake me for a man. In Paris I often hear 'bonjour monsieur'.
~ Saskia de Brauw
I think gender parity is a crucial part of any healthy society. It's applicable to the entire world.
~ Margaret Qualley
This is what sexism does best: it makes you feel crazy for desiring parity and hopeless about ever achieving it.
~ Deborah Copaken Kogan
Obviously, there needs to be parity. I think as more women get to the top, we need to make sure that is the case. It is our responsibility.
~ Nancy Dubuc
The gender parity is something that has been organic to Eventbrite since we started building a team.
~ Julia Hartz
I want my daughters to live in a world where there is equality and parity of pay.
~ Joseph Fiennes