Feminism Quotes

My sister burns, and she does not burn for you.

It is doubtful that real personal change can occur without the conscious and painful process of self-criticism that is required to reject power and ego.

When a person feels powerless in regard to controlling his life, he can defend against the discomfort of such an experience by asserting control over someone else.

With boys there was a fundamental assumption that they had a right to be there—not always, but more often than not. With girls, Why her? came up so quickly.

Reason, you'll always be half-blind.

They shared the chores of living as some couples do --she did most of the work and he appreciated it.

Every woman, hell, every man should be a feminist, that is the only way to render this word obsolete.

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent

something about giving himself over to a woman was worse than having lunch with the devil...

Batman doesn’t want a baby in order to feel he’s ‘done everything’. He’s just saved Gotham again! If this means that Batman must be a feminist role model above, say, Nicola Horlick, then so be it.

The essence of oppression is that one is defined from the outside by those who define themselves as superior by criteria of their own choice.

Perhaps women were once so dangerous they had to have their feet bound.

This was the price for the the strange life she had chosen, but she had gone into it with eyes open, and there was no profit in regret.

What I am proud of, what seems so simply clear, is that feminism is a way to fight for justice, always in short supply.

If you are causing trouble, look for allies, always.

Insofar as men gain time, ease, independence, or liberty from women's domestic labors, they lack incentive to change.

Maybe it was only goblin women who were restless and wanted to see the world. She didn't know.

Wouldn't the worst be, isn't the worst, in truth, that women aren't castrated, that they have only to stop listening to the Sirens (for the Sirens were men) for history to change its meaning?

You have some balls."Frankie hated that expression, ever since Zada had pointed out to her that it equates courage with the male equipment...

there is little difference between man and beast, but what ambition and glory makes.

How pleased I was to see I strick the Beast to the heart.

(Only God can make a tree and She seldom tries, nowadays.)

Literature cannot be the business of a woman's life, and it ought not to be.(Southey's reply to Charlotte Bronte)

As that great philosopher, Mary Poppins, once said, 'A spoonful of sugar makes the feminism go down.

How did you do that?” Mr. Poe asked. “Nice girls shouldn’t know how to do such things.”“My sister is a nice girl, ” Klaus said, “and she knows how to do all sorts of things.

The word feminism has become synonymous with man-hating when in fact it has more to do with women than men.

The coolest guys aren't afraid to be feminists.

Males lack the seriousness of temperament required of persons with such great responsibilities.

If you think my waistline defines my worth, you are not worth my time anyways.

WANTING to be anything is the whole point of feminism. HAVING TO BE SOMETHING is what feminists fight against, or at least the ones I know.

She had resolved to never take another step backward.

Beware of fascist feminism.

It is wrong to keep spelling out unnecessary choices that make women unconsciously resist either commitment or motherhood--and that hold back recognition of the needed social changes.

Like other women who sought equality, the amount of trouble I cause is inversely proportional to my physical size.

A WOMAN'S PLACE IS IN THE HOUSE...AND THE SENATE.

To be rapable, a position that is social not biological, defines what a woman is.

And by the way, my belief is that if men were the ones getting pregnant, abortions would be easier to get than food poisoning in Moscow

[Stieg] was describing Sweden the way it was and the way he saw the country: the scandals, the oppression of women, the friends he cherished and wished to honor.

Feminism was good for me, as were any number of causes, but as I developed as a thinking person, the truisms and dogmas of every ideology became as worn as that book's cover.

Be a witch they cannot burn.

Your key hobbies need to be long country walks (get some fresh air in those lungs!), masturbation, and the revolution. Between those three, you should, in the long term, stay relatively sane.

Ladies haven't the luxury of being squeamish about blood.

To her, not packing our lunches every day or joining the PTA is a feminist rallying cry.

All of her mannerisms, even her way of sitting, are of a perfect femininity. Or: how to occupy the least possible amount of space in the world.

There are advantages to being labeled the victim. You are listened to, paid attention to. Sympathy is bestowed upon you.

You're the cleverest witch I've ever met Hermione.

You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul - you are disappointed.

To her credit, though, Trace didn't lose her famous temper, not at that moment. At eighteen she was already expert at the older woman's art of fermenting rage, conserving it, for later use.

I don’t understand why you insist on calling yourselves Three Little Piglettes, ” Mum groans. “It’s a horrible name.”“We’ll make it beautiful, you’ll see. Or better, we’ll make it powerful.

Her wedding ring, her gentle brush-offs, and her outright rejection had been minor obstacles compared to the big no of another man kissing her cheek.