“Politics is traditionally a male domain in Russia. Until now, women have only been accessories. Now, female protest groups are emerging - not because men came up with the idea, but through their own efforts. That's something new for Russia.” MenIdeasEffortGroupsFemaleMalesRussiaProtestSomething NewDomainEmergingAccessories Author:Alexei Navalny
“There was a male sketch group in my college. I was like why isn't there a female sketch group? So then I started doing sketch comedy and all that stuff. It just happened.” StuffComedyHappenedGroupsCollegeFemaleMalesSketch Comedy Author:Missi Pyle
“There's over 100 species of lemurs. Each is a little bit different in their social structure except for one thing: they are all female dominant. The females are the leaders. They are the ones that call the shots. When you watch a group, you can see the females are the first one to say “We’re going to move.” Then she moves off and everybody just follows.” FirstsLittlesDifferentMovingSocialBitsLeaderWatchesOne ThingGroupsLittle BitShotsFemaleStructureSpeciesDominantSocial StructureLemurs Author:Patricia Wright
“I came to the realization that a strong female is frightening to everybody, because all societies are male-dominated, black societies, poor people, rich people, any racial group, they're all dominated by men. A strong female is going to threaten everybody across the board...” PeopleMenStrongBlackPoorRichGroupsFemaleMalesRealizationBoardsFrighteningPoor PeopleRich PeopleStrong Female Author:Madonna Ciccone
“I feel like a lot of people talk about in rom-coms, there's the female best friend. There's all those archetypes in rom-coms. But even among a movie about man-children hanging out, there is always the one who's often the fat one, often the one with the beard, who is like the man-childest of them all. He's the one that eventually meets the fat girl or the quirky girl of the girl group of friends and really hits it off.” PeopleMenFeelsChildrenGirlGroupsFemaleFatsHanging OutBeardQuirkyArchetypeGroup Of FriendsFat GirlGirl Groups Author:Jon Gabrus
“If you have an overwhelming majority of one sex over the other, and clearly in our case at the moment - and it has been like this for a long time - it is male over female, you tend to have group thinking. You tend to have common references, combined with competition, combined in this case with testosterone. I'm not suggesting it's a toxic mix, but I'm saying it needs to be tempered and altered and modified and made better by diversity.” IfsThinkingNeedsLongHas BeensMadeMomentsSexCommonCasesGroupsDiversityLong TimeFemaleMajorityCompetitionMalesOverwhelmingToxicAlteredSuggestingTestosterone Author:Christine Lagarde
“I never want to be called the funniest Indian female comedian that exists. I feel like I can go head-to-head with the best white, male comedy writers that are out there. Why would I want to self-categorize myself into a smaller group than I’m able to compete in?” WantFeelsI CanSelfAbleWhiteComedyGroupsFemaleMalesIndianComedianBadassComedy WritingFemale Comedian Author:Mindy Kaling
“We can see, from California to New York, from Maine to Florida, Seattle to New Mexico - everywhere there are women's groups. Everywhere there are women who have gotten together to examine global warming, and women who have gotten together to prepare each other for single parenting - there are women who have come together to be supportive to those whose mates are in prison, male or female, partners are in prison. All sorts of gatherings of women. I mean, I'm just celebrating my 80th year on this planet, and I look back 50 years ago and there was nothing like that.” YearsLooksMeanTogetherGroupsNew YorkPlanetsFemaleYears AgoPrisonMalesPartnersCelebrateCaliforniaGlobal WarmingMatesMexicoFloridaSupportiveGatheringSeattleMaineSingle ParentNew Mexico Author:Maya Angelou
“I was really scared that other girls hated me, that I wasn't pretty enough or cool enough or I didn't have enough Instagram followers or whatever. Finding female friendship was such a monumental point in my life. And I never want somebody to feel like they have to re-evaluate themselves to join my friends or to join any friend-group.” WantFeelsEnoughGirlGroupsFindingsMy FriendsFemaleScaredHatedFollowersInstagramEvaluateOther GirlFemale Friendship Author:Rowan Blanchard
“Even when educators survey grade school texts and create new bibliographies to help teachers include Asians, Eskimos, and other Americans, females in and out of those groups may be down-played or forgotten.” MayHelpingSchoolJusticeTeacherGroupsDiversityFemaleSocial JusticeForgottenGradesEducatorSurveysGrades In SchoolBibliography Book:Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem Source: Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem