“Without God, there would be no American form of Government, nor an American way of life.” Quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower
“As long as 85,000 women are raped every year and 400,000 sexually assaulted in England and Wales alone, it's hard to argue that there isn't a problem. Not to mention the fact that fewer than 1/3 of our MPs are female, that women write only 1/5 front page newspaper articles, that they're less than 1/10 of engineers and that 54,000 a year lose their jobs as a result of maternity discrimination... to name but a tiny sample of issues. It's not 'going too far' to demand equality, and we're certainly not there yet.” WritingYearsLongHardFactsProblemJobsNamesLosesResultsIssuesFrontsDemandPagesFemaleEnglandArguingTinyNewspapersDiscriminationArticlesFewerEngineersSexuallySampleWalesMaternityMps Author:Laura Bates
“As girls are given dollies and pushchairs while little boys are frowned upon for picking them up; while men are 'congratulated' for occasionally 'babysitting' their own children and women are castigated for daring to combine motherhood and career; while baby changing facilities are provided in women's toilets but rarely in the men's, is it any wonder we tend to take on the roles society stereotypically pushes on us when it comes to caregiving?” MenChildrenLittlesGirlGivenWonderBoysCareersRolesHe ManBabyMotherhoodDaringToiletsFacilityLittle BoysCaregivingBabysitting Author:Laura Bates
“While gender stereotypes can have negative impacts on men as well, the vast majority of structural gender inequality: socially, politically, professionally and economically, as well as the overwhelming burden of sexual violence is disproportionately borne by women.” MenWellsViolenceNegativeImpactMajorityBurdenGenderInequalityOverwhelmingStereotypeGender StereotypesGender Inequality Author:Laura Bates
“In order to achieve that end goal of equality it is a very gendered oppression primarily affecting women that needs to be tackled.” NeedsEndsOrderGoalAchieveOppression Author:Laura Bates
“Feminism doesn't mean hating pink, make-up and high heels!” MeanHateFeminismHeelsHigh Heels Author:Laura Bates
“Feminism means believing that everybody should be treated equally regardless of their sex. Which happens to include the right to wear whatever you want, for your own reasons, without being forced or pressured into wearing what's considered societally required because of your sex.” WantShouldBelieveMeanReasonHappensSexFeminismTreatedPressured Author:Laura Bates
“The idea that men 'lose control' around a woman in a short skirt is insulting to men, completely relieves perpetrators of responsibility, and erases and ignores male victims.” MenIdeasLosesResponsibilityVictimMalesInsultingEraseSkirtsPerpetratorsShort Skirts Author:Laura Bates
“Women of all ages in countries around the world are raped at all different times of day, in different circumstances, wearing all different kinds of clothing (including in countries where the majority of women wear completely covering clothing). The one thing they all have in common? They came into contact with a rapist.” WorldKindDifferentCountryAgeCommonOne ThingCircumstancesMajorityIncludingContactAround The WorldClothingsDifferent KindsCoveringDifferent TimesTime Of Day Author:Laura Bates
“The idea that feminism is a 'battle of the sexes' about blaming all men and setting up a 'gender war' is a handy, controversial media hook. But it doesn't reflect reality.” MenIdeasWarRealitySexFeminismMediaBattleBlameGenderSettingSettingsHookControversialHandyBattle Of The Sexes Author:Laura Bates