Home / Quotes / Quote by Jodie Foster

Quote by Jodie Foster

“Ninety-five percent of women's experiences are about being a victim. Or about being an underdog, or having to survive... women didn't go to Vietnam and blow things up. They are not Rambo.”

Quote by Jodie Foster

Author

Jodie Foster, born on November 19, 1962, is an American actress renowned for her exceptional performances in the film industry, particularly for her roles in 'The Accused' and 'The Silence of the Lambs', for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Foster's career spans a variety of film and television projects, from independent films to big-budget blockbusters. more

You May Also Like

“If life is to survive on this planet, there must be a decontamination of the Earth. I think this will be accompanied by an evolutionary process that will result in a drastic reduction of the population of males.”

Ifs Thinking Earth Life Is Process Results Planets Males Population Feminist Reduction Drastic Misandry Radical Feminist

Author:Mary Daly

“If Congress refuse to listen to and grant what women ask, there is but one course left then to pursue. What is there left for women to do but to become the mothers of the future government?”

Ifs Government Mother Courses Asks Left Women Congress Feminist Refuse Pursue Grants

Author:Victoria Woodhull

“If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.”

Ifs Men Would Be Today Women He Man Demand Feminist Grants Compelled Emancipation

Author:Victoria Woodhull

“Let women issue a declaration of independence sexually, and absolutely refuse to cohabit with men until they are acknowledged as equals in everything, and the victory would be won in a single week.”

Men Would Be Women Issues Week Victory Independence Feminist Refuse Declaration Sexually Declaration Of Independence

Author:Victoria Woodhull

“Patriarchy requires violence or the subliminal threat of violence in order to maintain itself... The most dangerous situation for a woman is not an unknown man in the street, or even the enemy in wartime, but a husband or lover in the isolation of their home.”

Men Home Order Situation Enemy Violence Streets Dangerous Lovers Husband Threat Feminist Isolation Patriarchy Wartime Subliminal Dangerous Situations

Author:Gloria Steinem

“We live, I am trying to say, in an epidemic of male violence against women.”

Trying Violence Males Feminist Epidemics Violence Against Women

Book:Reasonable creatures: essays on women and feminism

Source: Reasonable creatures: essays on women and feminism

“When women can support themselves, have entry to all the trades and professions, with a house of their own over their heads and a bank account, they will own their bodies and be dictators in the social realm.”

Body House Social Support Accounts Trade Feminist Profession Realms Dictator Entry Bank Accounts

Book:Elizabeth Cady Stanton as Revealed in Her Letters, Diary and Reminiscences

Source: Elizabeth Cady Stanton as Revealed in Her Letters, Diary and Reminiscences

“I admire young people who are concerned with the affairs of their community and nation perhaps because I also became involved in struggle whist I was still at school.”

People Stills School Young Nations Community Struggle Youth Involved Concerned Affair Admire

Book:In the Words of Nelson Mandela

Source: In the Words of Nelson Mandela

“Young people are capable, when aroused, of bringing down the towers of oppression and raising the banners of freedom.”

People Young Youth Capable Oppression Towers Banner

Book:Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom

Source: Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom

“I appeal to the Youth and those on the ground: start talking to each other across divisions of race and political organizations.”

Political Race Talking Youth Organization Appeals Division

Book:In the Words of Nelson Mandela

Source: In the Words of Nelson Mandela