Quotes About Gender

The Trickster, of course," Gabriel finally answered himself, "Weesageechak for sure. The clown who bridges humanity and God - a God who laughs, a God who's here, not for guilt, not for suffering, but for a good time. Except this time, the Trickster representing God as a woman, a goddess in fur. Like in this picture. I've always thought that, ever since we were little kids. I mean, if Native languages have no gender, then why should we? And why, for that matter, should God?

I mean, if Native languages have no gender, then why should we? And why, for that matter, should God?

The most explicit distinguishing feature between the North American Indian languages and the European languages is that in Indian, there is no gender. In Cree, Ojibway, etc., unlike English, French, German, etc., the male-female-neuter hierarchy is entirely absent. So that by this system of thought, the central hero figure from our mythology - theology, if you will - is theoretically neither exclusively male nor exclusively female, or is both simultaneously.

You can sell a woman? In cities, it's done all the time, all the time. It's like selling meat.

Women are taught that size doesn't matter, that it's the motion in the ocean. But this is a theory propagated by those bright guys with insecurities who need big theories.

I don't think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. It's perceived as one because of the notion that a head is a man.

If a guy is intimidated by a woman in leadership, he has real problems with his own concepts of masculinity. That's a harsh statement, but I believe it to be true.

Soy un chico —contestó Jared—. Y, bueno, ésta es mi hermana. Una chica. —Ésa no es una chica —replicó—. ¿Dónde está su vestido? —Los vestidos pasaron de moda hace siglos —dijo Mallory con una sonrisa maliciosa.

Da igual. De todas formas, pegas como una nena.

It's interesting that, there really is no Proverbs 31 for men in the Bible. Men need the whole Bible, women need a chapter.

Men are clinging to football on a level we aren't even aware of.& For centuries, we ruled everything, and now, in the last ten minutes, there are all these incursions by women. It's our Alamo.

It's a depressingly masculine world we live in, Dolores.

If it would destroy [a 12-year-old boy] to be called a girl, what are we then teaching him about girls?

Kuulin radiosta, äiti sanoi, että hän ei koskaan elänyt yhdessä miesten kanssa. Pelkästään naisten. Niin, sanoin minä. Niin se kai oli. Onko sillä väliä? äiti kysyi. Ei, sanoin, se ei kuulu meille. Mahtoiko hänellä olla siitä jotain iloa? äiti sanoi. Toivotaan niin, sanoin. Ihminen saa niin kauhean harvoin mitään iloa rakkaudesta, äiti sanoi.

Men have periods, too... they just dont bleed.

There are older men with younger women but you don't see a lot of older women with younger men. There are some women who have been able to do it but not often.

And did she not have the courage to worship a man; had she chosen a woman.

All men have parties and are pals who never let each other down. A pal can say terrible things which are forgotten the next day. A pal never forgives, he just forgets, and a woman forgives but never forgets. That's how it is. That's why women aren't allowed to have parties. Being forgiven is very unpleasant.

Women think they're strong when they're fighting other women, but when a man fights them, they know the truth.

In Viridia, women were oppressed because men were afraid of them. Women had ruled this country. And history had denigrated them. Erased them. Nomi was certain this wasn't what Renzo had been taught. He would have told her. But the Superior knew. Whoever had given her this book knew. And now she did too.

There are some days that prove that it's a man's world and we women are only here as visitors.

Dianthe cleared her throat and said softly, "I do this because I believe a woman should have the right to fight and die for her dominion, just like any man. We are no longer a population in danger of extinction. There's no reason for our leaders to ban women from making this choice. So I help them make it anyway. Even if it means giving up who they are. Even if it means joining Military as ghosts.

BARBARA: You do understand that it hurts, to go from sharing a bed with you for twenty-three years to sleeping by myself. BILL: I'm here, now. BARBARA: Men always say shit like that, as if the past and the future don't exist. BILL: Can we not make this a gender discussion? BARBARA: Do men really believe that here and now is enough? It's just horseshit, to avoid talking about the things they're afraid to say.

There are more men lurking in sheds in my garden than in any D.H. Lawrence novel.