Quotes About Gender

Overall, women are a lot more fun to work with than a bunch of men.

It's a great moment for Argentinean tennis, more on the men's side. I would like to see more on the women's side. I think we have to work a little bit more on that.

Men have still not realized that letting women do so much of the work for so little reward makes a man in the house an expensive luxury rather than a necessity.

A good man's work is effected by doing what he does, a woman's by being what she is.

The definition of woman's work is shitwork.

I sure do want to make sure women get equal pay for the work we do.

Especially being a woman of color, sometimes it's hard for to put our foot down. You work with a lot of men, and they'll be like, "She has Joyner the best reputation".

In the bad old days, men kept women from choosing to work. In the bad new days, women keep women from choosing to stay home.

Always suspect any job men willingly vacate for women.

The first step in providing economic equality for women is to ensure a stable economy in which every person who wants to work can work.

People say as a woman actor your career is over at 40. But then they told me I would never work again after I was 16.

I've always felt it's ridiculous to say, of any of the females in my life: You're my friend, you're my wife, you're my girlfriend, you're my co-worker. This is your box, and you're not allowed to stray outside of it.

Some male colleagues, just as in accountancy, had doubts about whether women could perform some roles. There was a sense that women needed more protection or if men were out on the street they would be distracted by having to look after a female colleague.

Boys have been wearing skirts for some time now. My three assistants wear mini skirts. They come to work on their motorcycles wearing mini skirts. The French saw the idea on the streets and have done it in better fabrics, and now everyone says, 'Ah!'

Our very strength as lesbians lies in the fact that we are outside of patriarchy; our existence challenges its life.

And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.

Always play to your strengths, whether your strengths are gender-based or just natural aptitude.

I do believe I have certain strengths as a female CEO, such as having another level of awareness through emotional intelligence.

When I worked in financial services, as part of a female-led business, I found that pitching to very male-dominated boards created stress.

There aren't many woman coaches in general, and I actually think it's good to have a male coach. Guys and girls have different mentalities. Girls are so stressed about everything. Guys take everything much more lightly. That's great, and it's something we have to learn from. I think one woman on a team is enough!

Women take fewer financial risks than men do, but not because we're wusses. Both sexes secrete the hormone oxytocin in stressful situations, but women secrete more of it, which helps us stay calmer.

I've said this quite often, there was a certain stretch in my career where my gender held me back.

The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.

I am happy being a man in a dress. Some people get confused and think I'm a trans woman, but I'm strict about the difference. What I do is performance, it's staged, it's glamour - it's not real life. But for trans people, being born in the wrong body - there's nothing glamorous or easy about that.