“The fact that traditionally 'female' jobs are paid less, that women end up working part-time because they're societally pressured into caring roles, and that having children has a negative impact on women's wages but a positive impact on men's, are all problems that should deeply concern us, not 'explanations' that can be happily accepted.” MenShouldChildrenEndsFactsProblemJobsRolesConcernNegativeFemalePaidImpactCaringAcceptedExplanationWagesHaving ChildrenPart TimePositive ImpactPressured Author:Laura Bates
“Superhero roles seem to be popular. I'd like to see more female superheroes. How about a grandmother superhero? I'd pay good money to see that.” SeemsPayRolesFemaleGrandmotherSuperheroGood Money Author:Barbara Crampton
“I do feel, like everyone, there's not enough female directors out there, there's not enough female producers, and would like to see more people get more opportunity, more opportunity for roles for women.” PeopleFeelsEnoughOpportunityRolesDirectorsFemaleProducers Author:Barbara Crampton
“I hate to disappoint my haters, but I'm not the least bit interested in being a man. I'm perfectly satisfied with the female role.” MenHateBitsRolesFemaleI HateSatisfiedDisappointMy HatersFemale Roles Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“On the question of women's sexual freedom or female independence, there are still issues that haven't been worked out. There's an aura of traditional gender roles that is not talked about that really permeates these conversations. There is this vacillation between a desire for independence and having the kinds of sexual freedom that men have and, on the other side, issues about female vulnerability and susceptibility to male aggression and violence. We need more honesty about the actual conditions in which sex is happening.” MenNeedsKindStillsDesireSexSidesRolesIssuesViolenceConditionsHavensHonestyConversationHappeningsFemaleIndependenceMalesGenderTraditionalVulnerabilityAggressionGender RolesAurasSusceptibilityVacillationAggression And Violence Author:Laura Kipnis
“There are not many female role models to guide voters, and the tradition that a Southern woman's place is in the home still lingers in some quarters.” StillsHomeRolesModelsFemaleTraditionGuidesVotersSouthernRole ModelsQuartersSouthern WomenFemale RolesFemale Role Models Author:Madeleine M. Kunin
“For acting, if there's a strong female role and there is that action element, for me that just feels really natural.” IfsFeelsActionStrongNaturalActingRolesElementsFemaleStrong FemaleFemale Roles Author:Marisa Miller
“It doesn't matter if you're the smartest person in the room: If you're not someone who people want to be around, you won't get far. Likewise for helping those in line behind you. I take seriously my role as a mentor to young female filmmakers - I make sure my time is tithed.” PeopleIfsWantPersonsMatterHelpingYoungLinesRoomsBehindsRolesFemaleFilmmakerMy TimeMentorBehind You Author:Melissa Rosenberg
“In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages, shorter working hours, etc., would not be doomed from the start because of the attitude of those women workers who are not organized.” ImportantIndividualHoursPayAttitudeRolesMovementIndustryFemaleWorkersOrganizedEtcLabourDoomedWagesAdvocating Author:Clara Zetkin
“There weren't roles for females in comedies for a really long time.” LongRolesComedyLong TimeFemaleReally Long Author:Sandra Bullock
“It is obvious that many women have appropriated feminism to serve their own ends, especially those white women who have been at the forefront of the movement; but rather than resigning myself to this appropriation I choose to re-appropriate the term “feminism,” to focus on the fact that to be “feminist” in any authentic sense of the term is to want for all people, female and male, liberation from sexist role patterns, domination, and oppression.” PeopleWantHas BeensEndsFactsTermWhiteRolesFocusFeminismMovementFemaleMalesPatternsFeministObviousOppressionLiberationAppropriateDominationSexistAppropriationResigningFemales And Males Author:Bell Hooks
“But it is Bella, not the supernaturals she falls in with, who is the true horror show here, at least as a female role model.” ShowsFallRolesHorrorModelsFemaleRole ModelsFemale RolesFemale Role Models Author:Peggy Orenstein