Quotes About Gender

There are a lot of misconceptions that we can't play fast bowling or we can't bowl fast. We should have mixed matches. I have also played a lot of matches against boys because that's how we train.

Every single cell in each person's body tells us whether that person is a male or a female. There is no human being in history whose cells have some mixture of the two, nor anyone who has ever been able to change that cellular reality.

The problem, as a female athlete, is that you don't want to come across as negative and moaning.

I would love to be at a place where a girl character can also be a role model for young boys.

I'm more comfortable modelling as a man because I don't get any criticism.

I was used to being the only woman in everything... I didn't even think about it. Men were my role models - there's nothing wrong with that.

There are so many male models who are working in high fashion, and they are broke. It's good to be a woman.

You want educated women if you are going to have a modern society.

I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. The three things that they focused on were reading, writing, and arithmetic. My goodness, this is a novel idea in this modern society. I was really good at all three of these things. I was particularly good at math.

Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world.

Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more.

I always say I never felt 'latched' to a gender. I just kind of always felt like myself, and I never felt like I had to do certain things or be a certain way to fit into a certain mold.

We see new male artists have their first single reach No. 1 on the charts, but it generally takes a female a lot longer to build momentum.

The centuries-old habit of privileging the male heir arose because monarchs were supposed to lead their country in battle, and only men were thought strong enough to do so.

I'm curious when I look across the dial Monday through Friday, you know, where are the other female black anchors?

The first MLB game I did was a Monday Night game, and no one really knew I was doing it. So walking into the clubhouse, I tried to introduce myself to people like, 'Hey, I'm in the booth.' And they were kind of confused, like, 'You're a female, I don't understand.'

When I walk into a video arcade filled with 16- or 17-year-old boys, I may as well be Marilyn Monroe.

Women and gay men have something in common after all: in that they are trying to deal with this goofy egotistical monster called a man.

I use only men's perfumes. I change my perfumes every month.

Being in drag for three months - I now have an idea of what women go through. At least maybe a little.

Men never get free from morality, only women.

Of woman as a real human being, with sexual needs and sexual responsibilities, morality has often known nothing.

I'm just hoping that as I get older, and as more and more movies get made by female directors, what we start to see is how, in the same way good male directors get a shot at creating interesting male and female characters, women do as well.

It's interesting to see the more femme that you present yourself, the more people sort of dehumanize you.