Quotessence
Home / Topics / Feminism Quotes

Feminism Quotes

Browse 5085 quotes about Feminism.

Related topics

MenThinkingPeopleWayIfsWorldWomens RightsMeanKnowsKindMovementBelievePoliticalWantWomenNeedsGirlBeing A WomanFeelsGenderSexShouldFemaleSocialClassicEqualImportantHas BeensHumansRightsIdeasCultureDoeHateStillsFightingMalesYoung WomenTryingYoungProblemTermIssuesMadeMen And WomenWritingWellsDoneYearsDifferentGivingInspirationalKissingRadicalSeemsChoicesCountryJusticeRealStruggleValuesAgeChildrenClassEndsFirstsGenerationsGoalHusbandInspiringLongMotivationalPersonsTodayWholeBoyfriendLiberationMindStrongTwoUseCenturyGroupsHelpingIdeologyLittlesLooksOpportunitySexismStereotypeWarBoysConceptsFactsGayHardHomePowerfulRealityReasonmore

Feminism Quotes

“If I had it my way, I would have just kept it short forever. Of course, men like long hair. There's no two ways about it. The majority of the boys around me were like, 'Why did you do that? That's such an error.' And I was like, 'Well, honestly, I don't really care what you think!' I've never felt so confident as I did with short hair - I felt really good in my own skin.”

IfsThinkingMenWayWellsLongTwoCareCoursesFeltMy OwnBoysForeverFeminismHairKissingSkinsMajorityErrorsFeministHonestlyMy WayTwo WaysBoyfriendLong HairShort Hair
Author:Emma Watson
Create image

“Feminism was recognized by the average man as a conflict in which it was impossible for a man, as a chivalrous gentleman, as a respecter of the rights of little nations (like little Belgium), as a highly evolved citizen of a highly civilized community, to refuse the claim of this better half to self-determination.”

MenLittlesSelfNationsCommunityHalfRightsImpossibleFeminismCitizensConflictDeterminationClaimsAverageRefuseGentlemanCivilizedSelf DeterminationBelgiumAverage ManBetter Half
Book:The Art of Being Ruled
Create image

“There has come into existence, chiefly in America, a breed of men who claim to be feminists. They imagine that they have understood what women want and that they are capable of giving it to them. They help with the dishes at home and make their own coffee in the office, basking the while in the refulgent consciousness of virtue. Such men are apt to think of the true male feminists as utterly chauvinistic.”

ThinkingMenWantGivingHelpingHomeAmericaExistenceConsciousnessVirtueImagineFeminismOfficeCapableUnderstoodClaimsMalesFeministCoffeeImagine ThatDishesWomen WantBasking
Author:Germaine Greer
Create image

“I hate how box office failures are blamed on an actress, yet I don’t see a box office failure blamed on men. I think a lot of the time in films, men get roles where they create their own destiny and women are just tools, supporters for that. I guess it’s because we live in a patriarchal society, where feminism is a dirty word.”

ThinkingMenFilmHateRolesDestinyFeminismOfficeToolsI HateBoxesActressesDirtySupporterBox OfficeDirty WordsPatriarchal Society
Author:Ellen Page
Create image

“The way I view feminism — and I know there are a lot of different things going on — but, at its purest form, to me, it's a very positive, supportive, nurturing, empowerment thing. I mean, God, who isn't a feminist? If you don't think women are as good as men, you're not a good person. I like to think that most of the population of people worth being friends with are feminists, if that's what feminism means.”

PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsMenWayMeanPersonsDifferentFormViewsFeminismEmpowermentPopulationFeministDifferent ThingsSupportiveGood PersonNurturingVery Positive
Author:Kat Dennings
Create image

“It is not a dirty word, "feminism." I just think that women belong in the human population with the same rights as everybody else... The problem is, "A feminist looks like this, or is like that." We are taught not to like ourselves as women, we are taught what we're supposed to look like, what our measurements are supposed to be. I never hear what measurements men are supposed to be. Just women.”

ThinkingMenHumansLooksProblemRightsFeminismTaughtPopulationFeministSupposed To BeDirtyMeasurementDirty WordsHuman Population
Author:Cyndi Lauper
Create image

“My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable to stand alone.”

IfsMenStatesSexMy OwnGraceFeminismChildhoodStrengthCreaturesTreatsExcuseRationalFascinatingPerpetualFlatteringStand AloneExcuse MeVindication
Book:A vindication of the rights of woman: with strictures on political and moral subjects
Create image

“If my choice is to, I don’t know, be with a lot of men, or if I enjoy a really physical relationship, I don’t think that’s necessarily being anti-feminist. For me the argument of feminism never really should have come into the picture. Because I don’t know too much about the history of feminism, and so I’m not really a relevant person to bring into the conversation. Everything I was writing was so autobiographical, it could really only be a personal analysis.”

IfsThinkingKnowsMenShouldWritingPersonsChoicesEnjoyToo MuchFeminismConversationArgumentShould HaveFeministAnalysisRelevantAnti Feminist
Author:Lana Del Rey
Create image

“What we need is a tough new kind of feminism with no illusions. Women do not change institutions simply by assimilating into them. We need a feminism that teaches a woman to say no - not just to the date rapist or overly insistent boyfriend but, when necessary, to the military or corporate hierarchy within which she finds herself. We need a kind of feminism that aims not just to assimilate into the institutions that men have created over the centuries, but to infiltrate and subvert them.”

MenNeedsKindWomenTeachFeminismCenturyMilitaryIllusionToughAimInstitutionsCorporateWomens RightsHierarchy
Author:Barbara Ehrenreich
Create image

“Elizabeth Taylor is pre-feminist woman. This is the source of her continuing greatness and relevance. She wields the sexual power that feminism cannot explain and has tried to destroy. Through stars like Taylor, we sense the world-disordering impact of legendary women like Delilah, Salome, and Helen of Troy. Feminism has tried to dismiss the femme fatale as a misogynist libel, a hoary clich?. But the femme fatale expresses women's ancient and eternal control of the sexual realm. The specter of the femme fatale stalks all men's relations with women.”

MenWorldActorsStarsActingPowerFeminismGreatnessSourceEternalRelationImpactAncientFeministRealmsContinuingRelevanceStalkingLegendaryHelenFemmeLibelFemme FataleSalomeHelen Of Troy
Book:Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays
Create image

“Feminism is a belief that although women and men are inherently of equal worth, most societies privilege men as a group. As a result, social movements are necessary to achieve political equality between women and men, with the understanding that gender always intersects with other social hierarchies.”

MenPoliticalBeliefSocialUnderstandingResultsGroupsFeminismAchieveMovementEqualMen And WomenPrivilegeGenderHierarchySocial MovementsPolitical EqualitySocial Hierarchy
Author:Estelle Freedman
Create image

“Much male fear of feminism is the fear that, in becoming whole human beings, women will cease to mother men, to provide the breast, the lullaby, the continuous attention associated by the infant with the mother. Much male fear of feminism is infantilism–the longing to remain the mother’s son, to possess a woman who exists purely for him.”

MenHumansWholeMotherHuman BeingsAttentionFeminismSonBecomingLongingMalesCeaseBreastsInfantBeing A WomanLullabyBecoming Whole
Book:On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Selected Prose 1966-1978
Create image

“Feminism as a movement for political and social equity is important, but feminism as an academic clique committed to eccentric doctrines about human nature is not. Eliminating discrimination against women is important, but believing that women and men are born with indistinguishable minds is not. Freedom of choice is important, but ensuring that women make up exactly 50 percent of all professions is not. And eliminating sexual assaults is important, but advancing the theory that rapists are doing their part in a vast male conspiracy is not.”

MenMindBelieveHumansImportantPoliticalChoicesSocialBornFeminismHuman NatureMovementTheoryPercentMen And WomenMalesCommittedProfessionDiscriminationDoctrineConspiracyAcademicAssaultEquityEccentricAdvancingFreedom Of ChoiceSexual AssaultEliminatingClique
Author:Steven Pinker
Create image

“So far as Feminism seeks to adjust the legal position of woman to that of man, so far as it seeks to offer her legal and economic freedom to develop and act in accordance with her inclinations, desires, and economic circumstances—so far it is nothing more than a branch of the great liberal movement, which advocates peaceful and free evolution.”

MenDesireFeminismEconomicMovementPositionEvolutionCircumstancesOffersPeacefulBranchesInclinationEconomic FreedomGreat Liberal
Book:Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist
Create image

“On Girls I like being a mouthpiece for the issues I think young females face today. It’s always shocking when people question whether it’s a feminist show. How could a show about women exploring women not be? Feminism isn’t a dirty word. It’s not like we’re a deranged group who think women should take over the planet, raise our young on our own and eliminate men from the picture. Feminism is about women having all the rights that men have.”

PeopleThinkingMenShouldShowsTodayFacesYoungGirlIssuesRightsGroupsFeminismPlanetsFemaleRaisesFeministDirtyExploringShockingDerangedDirty WordsMouthpieceGirl I Like
Author:Lena Dunham
Create image

“Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.”

MenShouldTryingMotivationalWomenChallengesImpossibleFailingFeminismBlessingEmpowermentWomen EmpowermentStrong WomenEmpoweredMen WomenEmpowered WomenWomen Empowering WomenInspirational Strong WomenBeing A Strong WomanFacing ChallengesPossible And ImpossibleWomans DayDifficult ChallengesStrong Powerful WomenAchieving The ImpossibleWomens DayInspirational FeministWhen A Man Loves A WomanAmbitious WomenEmpowering Female
Author:Amelia Earhart
Create image

“I get very frustrated when I hear women saying, "Oh, feminism is passé," because I think feminism means empowerment. Men can be feminists, too! Many men are feminists. We need feminism. It's not against men; it's about the empowerment of women. It's the respect of women - giving women equal rights, the same opportunities.”

ThinkingMenNeedsGivingMeanOpportunityStrongRightsFeminismEqualEmpowermentFeministFrustratedStrong WomenEqual Rights
Author:Annie Lennox
Create image

“Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776.”

MenNationsCausesGreaterFeminismRevolutionFeministRebellionWomens RightsEqual RightsDiscontentUprisingWomen Rights
Book:HISTORY OF WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE Trilogy – Part 1 (Illustrated): The Origin of the Movement - Lives and Battles of Pioneer Suffragists (Including Letters, Articles, Conference Reports, Speeches, Court Transcripts & Decisions)
Create image

“Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.”

MenHumorWomenRightsFeminismMen And WomenIndependentFeministWittyEqualityDiscriminationLiberationRepublicWomen EmpowermentWomens RightsStrong Women1960sEmpowering WomenGender EqualityPowerful WomenSuffrageWomen Empowering WomenWomen PowerWomen RightsWomen EqualityWomen In HistoryRepublic DaySmart WomenStrong Independent WomenWomen RightWoman SuffrageStrong Powerful WomenFundamental RightsImages Of Strong WomenAmbitious ManWomen's SuffrageSuffragistsAmbitious WomenIndian PatrioticWomen History Month
Author:Susan B. Anthony
Create image

“There have been women who stumbled across Feministing randomly, through a bizarre Google search or something, and had no idea what feminism was. They thought it was something older women do, or bought into the hairy bra-burning man-hating stereotype 100 percent. Anything that deviates from that is very exciting for them.”

MenHas BeensIdeasHateFeminismPercentExcitingBurningNo IdeaGoogleStereotypeBizarreBrasOlder WomenDeviateMan HatingGoogle SearchBurning Man
Author:Jessica Valenti
Create image