Quotes About Equality

Slowly, it dawned on me that nothing was more important than stopping violence toward women—that the desecration of women indicated the failure of human beings to honor and protect life

If overthrowing some five thousand years of patriarchy seems like a big order, just focus on celebrating each self-respect step along the way

Unless men are active allies, we'll never end violence against women and girls.

Finding violence against women means opening to the great power of women, the mystery of women, the heart of women, the wild unending sexuality and creativity of women – and not being afraid.

I realized that the hair is there for a reason – it's the leaf around the flower, the lawn around the house. You have to love the hair in order to love the vagina. You can't pick the parts you want.

Slavery is back but never went away

You have to love hair in order to love the vagina. You can't pick the parts you want.

Do you say that tree isn't pretty cause it doesn't look like that tree? We're all trees. You're a tree. I'm a tree. You've got to love your body, Eve. You've got to live your tree. Love your tree. (Leah)

Lentamente compresi come nulla fosse più importante del porre fine alla violenza nei confronti delle donne, che in verità la dissacrazione delle donne rivelava il fallimento degli esseri umani nell'onorare e proteggere la vita

We have to say that what happens to women matters to everyone and it matters a lot.

Não aguento mais a passividade dos homens bons. Cadê vocês, merda? Vocês vivem com a gente, transam com a gente, nos têm como filhas, amigas, irmãs, são nutridos, criados e eternamente amados por nós, e como não lutam do nosso lado? Por que não vão à loucura e tomam uma atitude contra nosso estupro e nossa humilhação?

Minha revolução vai dar um golpe no Estado mental chamado patriarcado.

We don't accept your world your rules your wars We don't accept your cruelty and unkindness. We don't believe some need to suffer for others to survive or that there isn't enough to go around or that corporations are the only and best economic arrangement. And

When the world is right, it will be the unpaid and unsung people like Cindy who will be the honored ones, the ones who get paid the most, and they will sit at the big table. When the world is right, it will be these invisible people who we see and cherish.

Something is unfolding. It is both mystical and practical. It requires that we show up, do our exercise, and get out of the way. In order for the human race to continue, women must be safe and empowered. It's an obvious idea, but like a vagina, it needs great attention and love in order to be revealed.

Para muitas pessoas, o contato com as histórias nunca antes contadas de abuso e desigualdade presentes na peça reforçou uma necessidade de assumir a responsabilidade por seus próprios papéis no ciclo de violência – como vítimas e sobreviventes, testemunhas ou agentes.

esse não era só um monólogo, só uma peça, mas também um poderoso catalisador de conscientização e justiça.

I am over the passivity of good men. Where the hell are you? You live with us, make love with us, father us, befriend us, brother us, get nurtured and mothered and eternally supported by us, so why aren't you standing with us? Why aren't you driven to madness and action by the rape and humiliation of us?

Não aguento mais que a violência contra a mulher não seja uma prioridade internacional quando uma em cada três mulheres será estuprada ou espancada ao longo da vida [...].

Women are the only oppressed group in our society that lives in intimate association with their opressors.

Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual's abilities.

The failure of dieting is that it promotes weight stigma by not recognizing that people come in all sizes and shapes and that each individual is worthy just as they are.

Ogni mattina con la precisione delle sei ruote alla stessa ora e allo stesso minuto, noi, milioni, ci alziamo come un essere solo. Alla stessa unica ora, milioni in uno cominciamo il lavoro e milioni in uno lo terminiamo [...].

I demanded more rights for women because I know what women had to put up with.