Quotes About Equality

I sometimes hear people say women don't want to direct studio films, but I do. I want to direct big films, little films, TV. I want to do it all.

People shouldn't be ashamed of their bodies...especially women.

It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come.

Across all fields, women are generally paid 21 percent less than men.

More women have to be in charge of studios, so that they can greenlight films with women.

I think women can be just as sexist. Women can be misogynistic, too - more so, they have more freedom to do it.

I went to Princeton, I minored in women's studies.

It has crossed my mind that I would like to run or help to run a pro women's tournament, although I really don't know much about organizing an event (it seems overwhelming actually).

Norway's a very gender-aware country, and we're very liberal. There are lots of women's voices being heard here compared to many other countries.

Women don't get the same opportunities that men get in racing, so they don't get to learn race craft.

I think it's chauvinistic to think that women don't like to get scared.

Men, as an organization, are getting more women than any other group working anywhere in the world. Wherever women are, we have men looking into it.

When Blacks got the right to vote, white women got the right to sit on juries.

Women's voices, LGBT voices, and the voices of people of color are all needed in any art form if we want to explore the true possibilities of that art form. Diversity is strength.

When it comes to diversity, women are still underrepresented in so many different places, but one place we're not underrepresented is we hold a majority of the household income, and we control that.

Maybe that's because there are so few women lobbyists; if they're there, it's for something they strongly believe in, not just for financial gain.

Most of the women I spoke to were pushing agendas that they felt connected to - more so than with the male lobbyists I met with.

Of course I'm a feminist…if you're not for the equal treatment of men and women, then you're a fascist.

Women do not get raped because they weren't careful enough. Women get raped because someone raped them.

You're not too fat. You're not too loud. You're not too smart. You're not unladylike. There is nothing wrong with you.

I think people resist feminism because they're scared. I think for women, they're scared of being picked on or of being called out.

I grew up definitely a feminist, but I didn't call myself a feminist until I took my first women's studies class in college.

I always go with the dictionary definition of feminism, which is just social, political and economic equality for women.

If you're fighting to limit other women's rights, then you can't really call yourself a feminist.