Quotes About Equality

Women's bodies have become a real battleground for politics.

It should be self-evident that women have the right to make decisions about their own bodies. Yet throughout history, those in power - usually men - have tried to control women's bodies.

I think people just don't respect women's bodies in general, the bodies of women of color in general.

Women are not a doormat. We are equivalent to men. It is just that we have different bodies and different biological needs.

I believe in a woman's right to choose, because, well, no one ever seems to tell guys what to do with their bodies.

Group events like cricket, football and kabaddi have private leagues, which are all being played for money. There are no such events in athletics. Everything is run by the government bodies, there's less money involved in our game, and we are not even paid as well as people in other sports.

Nina Simone sacrificed so much to be as bold as she was about being black and about being female in an era where that could have cost her life.

Bolivia is not yet a country of equals.

Do people think women from Bollywood aren't smart?

There are very few roles you actually get to perform for women. There aren't many woman-oriented films made in Bollywood.

I am a Bolshevik.

Someone asked if I wanted to be the first female Bond, and I was saying that I don't think we necessarily need that whole conversation.

The days of the misogynistic Bond are sort of over.

A woman is never going to get to be Bond or Doctor Who. That will never happen.

Everyone who knows me knows that I don't have a prejudiced bone in my body.

I don't have a racist bone in my body.

I can tell you that anyone who knows me knows that there is not a racial bone in my body.

I've never tried to run away from my race. I was born a black man. You know that in your bones as soon as you are able to understand this country... My approach to life about race is, I don't see the difference between black people and white people.

If people can understand me and accept me as a woman, I'm going to get booked for more jobs.

I've always wanted to do stuff to help encourage more women to play, whether it's booking women on my shows at home, even when I was just playing DIY shows, or booking benefit shows and having all women play.

Like books and black lives, albums still matter.

If you're going to put me in the booth, make sure it's because I'm good enough to be there.

There should be no economic border at all between the North and South.

I am actually an open borders kind of guy.