Quotes About Equality

Education has rules and parameters. Women outperform men when the parameters are clear.

I believe in equal pay for equal work. Gender, race, skin colour, or ethnicity should not be the parameters to hire someone or to decide how much they should be paid.

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.

How dare anyone, parent, schoolteacher, or merely literary critic, tell me not to act colored.

My kids are coming up in a different time then me. Interracial couples are of the norm. With me, it's about making sure my kids understand the importance of education and having opportunities that I didn't. My goal as a parent is to make sure they don't take what they have for granted.

If you are fortunate in life, age and knowledge breed compassion. And as I have gotten older, I came to understand, that a person's sexual orientation has absolutely nothing to do with their ability to be a good parent.

I try to parent equally, but I think little girls are a little more sensitive.

In America we believe that every child, no matter where they live, who their family is, or what the color of their skin, is entitled to as good an education as the richest parent in America can give to their children.

Whenever someone says to my mum: 'How's your son doing?' she says: 'Which one?' If you're a parent, you're not going to go: 'Oh I'll concentrate on the famous one.'

As for the American child's classic problem - too much mother, too little father - that would be cured by an equalization of parental responsibility.

The piece of legislation that I'm so excited and delighted to be doing is shared parental leave.

Shared parental leave is good for dads. Looking after their newborn on their own is a unique learning experience.

Parenthood is a great equalizer. It doesn't matter how famous you are - once you become a parent, you are just like everyone else.

Gorsuch showed his true colors to the LGBTQ community when, in one of his first dissenting opinions on the high court, he advocated limiting the reach of the landmark 2015 marriage equality ruling by denying certain parenting rights to same-sex couples.

With respect to parenting, biological age is not, for men, the concern it is for women.

All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child.

Jews can build in New York, Moscow and Paris, but in our own land, we can't build? That's nuts.

Parity is for farmers.

I think gender parity is a crucial part of any healthy society. It's applicable to the entire world.

This is what sexism does best: it makes you feel crazy for desiring parity and hopeless about ever achieving it.

The contentious issue of pay parity between male and female actors is easily resolvable if a number of big actresses decide to put their foot down. But we have to also consider the factors of time and labour. If a female actor has shot only for 40 days and the male actor for 200 days, she cannot expect to be paid the same amount.

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.

U.N. employees, including senior leadership, should be selected based on merit and competence while continuing endeavors to achieve gender parity and geographical balance.

The gender parity is something that has been organic to Eventbrite since we started building a team.