“People always ask how there are female priests, but in this world there are.” PeopleWorldAsksThis WorldFemalePriests Author:Maggie Q
“Being a bigger person, whether you're male or female, in entertainment, it can hurt your chances. Because people look to you to be a so-called superstar. Perfect body, perfect figure, good looking, and smart. And larger people, we have to fit in anywhere we can and the best way we can, so to speak. The way the world looks at you at being perfect, and nobody's perfect.” PeopleWorldWayLooksPersonsBodySpeakHurtChancePerfectFiguresFitSmartFemaleBiggerMalesEntertainmentBest WayLooking GoodSuperstarNobody's PerfectBigger Person Author:Bruce Bruce
“The Mayans were right, as it turns out, when they predicted the world would end in 2012. It was just a select world: the G.O.P. universe of arrogant, uptight, entitled, bossy, retrogressive white guys. [...] Instead of smallpox, plagues, drought and Conquistadors, the Republican decline will be traced to a stubborn refusal to adapt to a world where poor people and sick people and black people and brown people and female people and gay people count.” PeopleWorldEndsGuyTurnsUniverseBlackWhitePoorRepublicanGayFemaleSickBrownBlack PeopleDeclineArrogantEntitledStubbornPoor PeoplePlagueSelectRefusalGay PeopleDroughtWhite GuysBossyUptightSmallpoxConquistadorsMayans Author:Maureen Dowd
“President Clinton broke ground Saturday for the World War II memorial in Washington. He'll never have the military's full respect. However, after surviving ten female accusers, he's been made an honorary member of the Tailhook Association.” WorldMadeWarPresidentMilitaryTenMembersFemaleClintonBrokeWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiAssociationWorld War ISaturdaySurvivingMemorialEver AfterPresident ClintonAccusersHonorary Author:Argus Hamilton
“All humans are part male and part female. The other side must be explored to gain complete understanding ofourselves and the world we live in. Forme, the idea of having a feminine perspective is a willingness to be vulnerable.” WorldHumansIdeasUnderstandingSidesPerspectiveGainsFemaleMalesVulnerableWillingnessFeminine Author:Billy Corgan
“I have, my whole life, been healing the girl inside, the part of me that struggles about being a female in the world. That's why I write about the things I write about.” WorldWritingWholeGirlHealingStruggleFemaleWhole Life Author:India.Arie
“I want men and women to both feel a part in the flourishment of female power. So I want to celebrate that power that women have, that they acquired and are still acquiring all over the world. And it's kind of my way of joining the movement and bringing positive attention to an overgrowing awareness of females everywhere who are breaking the mold.” MenWorldWayWantFeelsKindStillsAttentionAwarenessMovementMen And WomenFemaleCelebrateMy WayWant MeMoldJoiningFemale Power Author:Zella Day
“A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and the prejudice the few female conductors have to battle even today is astounding.” MenWorldHas BeensStillsTodayExampleBattleFemalePrejudiceConductorGood ExamplesConductingToday's World Author:Lara St. John
“I never feel like I am "using" a voice, rather I am listening to a voice and recording it as faithfully as it comes to me and as I can. I think that the female sex is much maligned, even in our supposedly sexually "open" society. It is the site of a woman's pleasure, and the source of (most) children's entry into the world, and an ancient symbol of power and fecundity, and we are directly or indirectly told in modern times that it's dirty, shameful, ugly, odorous, and to be hidden away.” ThinkingWorldFeelsChildrenI CanSexVoicePleasureModernSourceListeningFemaleAncientUglySymbolsDirtySiteShamefulSexuallyEntryModern Times Author:Micheline Aharonian Marcom
“For a long time, way back in the ’30s and ’40s, there were fabulous female roles. Bette Davis and all those people had incredible, great roles. After World War II, something happened where it was not only "get out of the factories," but "get out of the movies." That's when women's roles started to really [change].” PeopleWorldWayLongWarRolesHappenedLong TimeFemaleIncrediblesWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiFactoriesWorld War IFabulousFemale RolesWomen's Roles Author:Geena Davis
“I'm a really restless person; I'm tired of the way I sounded or looked yesterday. So it's hard to hang onto this image of me as this young Swedish female in this world.” WorldWayPersonsHardYoungThis WorldFemaleTiredYesterdayRestlessI'm TiredSwedish Author:Lykke Li
“So welcome 'Damsels in Distress,' an exhilarating gift of a comedy about college, the female intellect, the limitless male ego, inventing a new dance, and suicide prevention... This is the world as Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.” WorldTwoHoursPleasureComedyCollegeEgoFemaleSuicideMalesIntellectWitWelcomeBubblesDistressLimitlessInventingExhilaratingPreventionSparklingRetroDamsel In DistressMale Ego Author:Peter Travers
“You could make a feature about the world of tickling. You could include female ticklers and you could find out why people are ticklish, but I don't think it would be a great documentary, when you're spending 90 minutes just finding out about the physiology and psychology of tickling.” PeopleThinkingWorldWould BePsychologyMinutesFindingsFemaleSpendingFeaturesDocumentariesPhysiologyTicklingTicklish Author:David Farrier
“My point was the world is missing female characters. A lot of times there is one female character, maybe even a cool one, maybe even an important one. But where are all the rest?” WorldImportantCharacterMissingFemaleFemale Characters Author:Geena Davis
“I love Osho. I don't know if you would call him a philosopher; I would just call him a really cool dude. Osho really changed my life. Because the way that he spoke about emotion and the male and female energies in the world and how people react to the world around them, it's so simple, yet it has such a depth.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldWayEnergySimpleEmotionChangedFemaleDepthMalesPhilosopherSpokesReally CoolChanged My Life Author:Willow Smith
“If anything, being a female has afforded me opportunities on YouTube that I necessarily didn't have in doing traditional comedy and auditioning in TV and film, and that whole world.” IfsWorldWholeFilmOpportunityComedyTvsFemaleWhole WorldTraditionalYoutube Author:Grace Helbig
“From the world of the muse and writing, there will come, hopefully, the book. You're right, for me, that the muse is always female, and the book comes from a separate gender dimension than the concrete male world that, as you pointed out, has been surrounding me since I was an infant.” WorldWritingHas BeensBookFemaleMalesGenderHopefullyDimensionsConcreteMuseInfant Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“When I write, I put aside the heterosexual world to admit a muse that is a woman-loving-woman female.” WorldWritingFemaleMuse Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“I really lucked out with that song ["As Cool As I Am"]. Men were becoming much more comfortable with all the different facets and parts of their identity, including their gentler, funnier, sillier, nurturing parts. They started showing up. There was so much exploration of gender at that time. Women were showing up with the range of ways of being female in the world and men were showing up with the range of being male in the world.” MenWorldWayDifferentSongIdentityBecomingComfortableFemaleMalesIncludingGenderRangeExplorationNurturingFacetsShowing Up Author:Dar Williams
“The big lamas coming from Tibet, Ladakh, India - everywhere - have been very friendly. But I don't figure in their world. For one thing, being Western puts you outside the limits. A token female doesn't hurt - there's only one.” WorldHas BeensBigsHurtOne ThingFiguresLimitsFemaleIndiaWesternFriendlyTokensLamaTibetLadakh Author:Tenzin Palmo
“There have been so many nations around the world that have had female leaders, including India.” WorldHas BeensNationsLeaderFemaleIndiaIncludingAround The WorldFemale Leaders Author:Priyanka Chopra
“Domesticity is a fact of how social structure works. So if you say, "Well being domestic as a female is a negative trait," then that would be like saying, "Having a family - because that's an economic unit designed to further the economic structures in the world - if you have a family then you're subjugated."” IfsWorldWellsFactsWould BeSocialEconomicNegativeFemaleStructureWell BeingTraitsUnitsSocial StructureDomesticity Author:Jim Jarmusch
“There used to be a joke that women need a reason to have sex, while men only need a place. Does policy reflect that juvenile mindset? Such a requirement baffles some women in the real world: a female member of the US Commission on Civil Rights told me, 'I am still trying to wrap my mind around the idea of any two intimates in the world agreeing as to "why.'” MenWorldNeedsTryingMindDoeStillsTwoIdeasRealReasonUsedSexRightsPolicyMembersJokesFemaleMindsetCivil RightsUsed To BeReal WorldRequirementsWrapsJuvenile Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Feminism and issues surrounding being female in the world, always, but particularly right now at this complicated cultural moment. It's a huge part of what's important to me.” WorldImportantMomentsIssuesFeminismHugeRight NowFemaleComplicatedWhat's Important Author:Lena Dunham
“If you're talking about intellectual and social equality for women, we're not much better off.America is still very much a male-dominated society. Most American men feel threatened sexually unless they're taller than the female, more intellectual, better educated, better paid and higher placed statuswise in the business world. They've got to be the authority, the final word.” IfsMenWorldFeelsStillsAmericaSocialTalkingHigherAuthorityIntellectualFemalePaidMalesFinalsEducatedThreatenedBetter OffSexuallyBusiness WorldWomen EqualityFinal WordsSocial Equality Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“It's nuts that we've reached a situation where representing female characters - let alone minorities - is considered "social responsibility" and not, you know, depicting half the world's population. I often feel like the gaming audience is so much more diverse than the characters represented in the games that they play.” KnowsWorldFeelsPlayCharacterGamesSocialHalfResponsibilitySituationAudienceFemalePopulationMinoritiesNutsDiverseSocial ResponsibilityRepresentingFemale CharactersGaming Author:Neil Druckmann
“I was rejected many times. I cried. I was told that female actors are replaceable in films because they just stand behind a guy anyway. I'm still used to being paid - like most actresses around the world - a lot less than the boys. We're told we're too provocative or that being sexy is our strength, which it can be, and it is, but that's not the only thing we have. But women have incredible endurance and incredible strength. Your ability to deal with it is within you.” WorldFilmGuyAbilityBoysFemaleIncrediblesSexyEnduranceRejectedProvocative Author:Priyanka Chopra
“I try not to focus on politics too much - I would never be described as a hugely political woman - but the fact of the matter is, just me being a female, immigrant, stand-up comedian, single-mother ... that is political. We still live in a world where a woman with a voice is a political gesture.” WorldTryingPoliticalFocusFemaleComedian Author:Katherine Ryan
“I don't think I'm an idealist. I'm a realist. And I see the progress. The progress has been remarkable. Look at the emancipation of woman in my lifetime. You're sitting here as a female. Look what's happened to the same-sex marriages. To tell somebody a man can become a woman, a woman can become a man, and a man can marry a man, they would have said, "You're crazy." But it's a reality today. So the world is changing. And you shouldn't - you know - be despairing because it's never happened before. Nothing new ever happened before.” ThinkingMenWorldRealityTodayProgressCrazyFemaleLifetimeRemarkableRealistEmancipationIdealist Author:Benjamin B. Ferencz
“Young women now, this generation - girls my age too, but even younger than I am - they're the ones that are going to change the world. They've grown up in such a new way of thinking about women and female empowerment. I grew up with a little bit of that, but teenagers now, those are the girls that are going to make the world a different place for everyone else.” ThinkingWorldDifferentAgeGirlFemaleEmpowermentTeenagerChanging The WorldYoung WomenDifferent Place Author:Lucy Hale
“Gay bars in America aren't weird sex clubs. They're sanctuaries. I know so many straight friends that go to gay bars more than I ever do, male and female, because they can go there and be social and there's no expectation there. It's a safe place. It's almost like the real world version of Comic-Con in some places. You can go without judgment.” WorldRealGayJudgmentExpectationsFemaleReal World Author:Marc Andreyko
“I was a question on a game show. I think it was Jeopardy. The question was, "Who is the only person in the world, only female in the world unrelated to Michael Jackson, to ever do a duet with him?" He was doing a duet with me and that's all I cared about.” ThinkingWorldFemale Author:Siedah Garrett
“The creators of kids' media had no idea they were leaving out that many female characters. They were in utter shock that the worlds they were creating were so bereft of female presences.” WorldCharacterFemaleLeaving Author:Geena Davis
“From the beginning, God designed a world in which his image bearers - male and female together - were his A-Team for getting things done in the world. It was more than "wouldn't it be nice if men and women could get along better." God knew this was the way his world would work best and we would flourish as he intends. Men and women - together - in an alliance that received God's explicit blessing.” MenWorldDoneTogetherNiceBlessingMen And WomenFemaleBeing NiceExplicitGetting Things Done Author:Carolyn Custis James
“Fully embrace the fact that you are enough just being you. It's so important for women to champion each other instead of competing against each other. Believe in yourself and believe in all of the women in your life. As females we are already strong but imagine if we all supported one another? What a world that would be.” WorldBelieveImportantEnoughStrongImagineFemaleEmbraceChampionBelieve In YourselfCompetingBelieve In You Author:Lizzie Velasquez
“The argument that it is difficult to find women is complete BS. Any bank will tell you that the No. 1 employee they lose the most money on is the mid-tier female they bring on when they are 22 who leaves in her mid to late 30s. These are women they spend a ton of money training, and a ton of money attracting and hiring. And then they lose them. And they lose them for many reasons. They're going to other sectors, other industries. So for us in the financial-services world to say we can't find women is ridiculous. They are out there. We've done it here at Anthemis.” WorldReasonDoneDifficultTrainingFemaleArgumentRidiculousEmployeeHiring Author:Amy Nauiokas
“I think art world will have consolidated, I think it will slow down a little bit. I think it will be less white and Western, which it is still at the moment. There will be more female artists in the mix. I think we'll see art forms explored through different media - the Internet, television, books, even. We'll see art produced in forms and media that we haven't seen yet.” ThinkingWorldArtBookDifferentMomentsArtistInternetFemaleWesternSlow Down Author:Will Gompertz
“Women's sexuality is something that is a very touchy subject for a lot of women...I had to free my body from all of the binding, all the shutting down, and all of the censorship I had already put on it. When I did that, everything in my life changed. My relationship with my husband changed. My relationship to the world changed. My relationship to my body changed. My relationship to my female friends changed in huge ways.” WorldChangedHusbandFemaleSexualityLife ChangingMy HusbandCensorship Author:Sheila Kelley
“I think we have to keep putting women's sports in the limelight. I thought the Women's World Cup did a wonderful job of showing the quality of women's soccer. But we also need coverage and marketing and press and getting these female athletes to become household names.” ThinkingWorldSportsQualityWonderfulFemaleMarketingAthleteSoccer Author:Becky Sauerbrunn
“As conscious adult women, we need to instill a different value system. Actually, it is an innate value system. We need to tell the world that being compassionate about other people does not make you weak, and it is not intrinsically a female trait. It is a trait of the evolved human being, and it is a trait that we need to hold up as something of great worth. As women, we need to promote that, emphasize that, and nurture that. This is part of what we are doing with Global Girl Media.” PeopleWorldDifferentValuesGirlConsciousFemaleWeakCompassionateTraitsNurture Author:Kamala Lopez
“Mostly every form of American music is dead. It's been dead. R&B isn't really good. You got a handful of great guys - Ne-Yo, R. Kelly, Usher. You have a handful of great female artists. But for the most part the music world's changing and change is good. You have to make adjustments if you want to survive in that world. You start to thinking about creative moments - bliss. When everything was all good. You realize that in comparison to the way hip-hop started off, where we should be at right now is not there.” ThinkingWorldMomentsArtistGuyRealizingCreativeMusic IsFemaleBlissComparisonGreat Guy Author:Nas
“I grew up in a world where authority was female. I never thought to call myself a feminist because of branding. I had this skewed idea of feminist: I thought it meant being a woman who hates men. When I read Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's We Should All Be Feminists, I was like, "Oh, this is what my mom taught me. This is simple. I don't understand why everybody is not this."” MenWorldHateSimpleMomAuthorityFemaleFeministMy MomBrandingHate Me Author:Trevor Noah
“I was always in and out of school. What I learned in high school is that female friendships are so much more important than worrying about having a boyfriend or looking good or things like that. I had such a good girlfriend growing up that we didn't need anything. We had such a creative world of our own imagination together. For me, if I have a child, I would say, "I hope you find a best friend that makes it so you don't really need much but each other." Learning about that type of friendship and trust is one of the best things I ever got out of school.” WorldChildrenImportantSchoolTogetherImaginationWorryCreativeGrowing UpHigh SchoolFemaleGirlfriendLooking GoodGood Girl Author:Kirsten Dunst
“As the longest-running women's professional sports league in the country, the WNBA is a great product comprising 132 of the best female athletes in the world. And when you look beyond the players to owners, coaches, trainers, accountants, and chief operating officers - it's a wonderful example of what women can achieve in sports and in business.” WorldCountrySportsPlayerWonderfulAchieveFemaleAthleteCoachesLeague Author:Laurel J. Richie
“China was probably the worst place in the world to grow up female 100 years ago. There was foot binding, female infanticide, concubinage, and child marriage, and now it's one of the better places. So I really do feel that we're on the right side of history here.” WorldChildrenGrowing UpWorstFemale Author:Nicholas D. Kristof
“There's still sexism in the world, so there's still sexism in publishing and in graduate school. But it is different. Now, it's more coded and harder to detect. It was more explicit when I was in school. There were no rules against male professors asking out female students. The reverse didn't happen since female professors were rare or nonexistent. Visiting writers came, 90% of them male, and some expected that a female student would materialize as his date for the visit.” WorldDifferentSchoolStudentsFemaleSexismGraduatesPublishingExplicitGraduate School Author:Debra Monroe
“When Derek Miller and I started working together, we had a very clear vision for the sound of the band. It was one which combined our favorite musical elements: driving guitars, bombastic beats, and female vocals. We've always been interested in making music that is essentially pop but that steps outside of the traditional formula into a stranger, more abrasive world. We love that our music makes people dance with complete abandon and feel empowered. It's very uninhibited music, and that's what makes it so fun.” PeopleWorldTogetherFunVisionFemaleMusicalStrangerDrivingWorking TogetherAbandonEmpowered Author:Alexis Krauss
“People who would not be using the word gender or thinking about gayness or trans-ness may actually, without even thinking about it, be not their own gender in their inner world. I think that's actually so normal, because female sexuality is sold to all of us. It doesn't just reach the eyes of men. You might not care about the idea of boobs or jugs or whatever, but it could impact your inner sexual life.” PeopleThinkingMenWorldEyeCareFemaleGenderSexuality Author:Miranda July
“I'm not just a female chef. I'm a woman in a brand new hotel, and that's why I think it's so perfect to be at the Cromwell, in a corner of one of the busiest intersections of the world, with my name in lights. It's different in all those sorts of ways, and I'm hoping I'll be able to carry that through. Because if I can't, it's a step back for women in general. People will say - men will say - "See, that's why it's mostly men".” PeopleThinkingMenWorldDifferentPerfectFemaleHotelChef Author:Giada De Laurentiis
“Why have I been chosen to deliver the message of female intelligence and its divinity to a deaf world of males? I have asked my god that question and She answered, 'Hey, why not you Roseanne?' Indeed, why not each of us?” WorldMessagesFemaleMalesChosenHeyDivinityWhy NotDeaf Author:Roseanne Barr