“'I hate discussions of feminism that end up with who does the dishes,' she said. So do I. But at the end, there are always the damned dishes.” DoeSaidEndsHateFeminismI HateFeministDiscussionDishes Author:Marilyn French
“There's no such thing as post-feminism. It's like saying post-democracy, excuse me, what does that mean? We're nowhere near equality, so the very idea of post-feminism is ridiculous. The same people who 30-40 years ago said the women's movement is not necessary, 'it's going against nature, my wife is not interested' [are] the same people now saying 'well it used to be necessary but not anymore.' The very invention of the word post-feminism is the current form of resistance.” PeopleYearsWellsMeanDoeSaidIdeasFormUsedDemocracyWifeFeminismMovementYears AgoCurrentsExcuseMy WifeRidiculousInventionResistanceUsed To BePostsNot InterestedExcuse Me Author:Gloria Steinem
“Each time we had a visiting writer, I asked what she thought of women and humor. By the end of the year, I had perfected my question and asked Adrienne Rich why there was so little written about women and humor. She looked at me right in the eye and said, 'You write it.' I took that as an order.” WritingYearsLittlesSaidEndsEyeOrderRichWrittenFeminismVisiting Book:Don't Get Me Started Source: Don't Get Me Started
“For many people, feminism is one of those words of which, as St. Augustine said about time, they know the meaning as long as no one is asking.” PeopleKnowsLongSaidFeminismAskingAugustine Book:Reasonable creatures: essays on women and feminism Source: Reasonable creatures: essays on women and feminism
“The fact is that it was bourgeois white feminism that I was reacting against when I stood in my first women's studies classes and said, "Black women have always worked."” FirstsSaidFactsBlackWhiteClassStudyFeminismBlack WomenBourgeoisReacting Author:Bell Hooks
“I saw an article where the manager of the Pussycat Dolls, which is kind of this like striptease band, girl band, said, oh well, the girls are totally third-wave feminist. This is what third-wave feminism is about. Like you don't get to use that word. You don't get to say that something is feminist as a way to sell back sexism to women, as a way to further consumerist ideas.” WayWellsKindSaidIdeasUseGirlSawsFeminismLike YouBandThirdsSellsWaveFeministManagersSexismArticlesDollsOh Well Author:Jessica Valenti
“The stories I would hear from men who were going through divorces and in child custody battles, the lies their wives told about them being predators, that they had fondled or abused the children, and these guys didn't know what to do. It wasn't true. They had no idea how to combat it. And I said, "A large part of this is modern feminism. You've gotta understand it."” KnowsMenChildrenSaidIdeasStoriesLyingGuyWifeFeminismModernBattleDivorceNo IdeaCombatPredatorCustodyGoing Through DivorceChild Custody Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Hey, folks, look at all the damage that Bill Clinton has done to feminism. First, oral sex is not sex now. You got a Lewinsky, it isn't sex. And sexual harassment, you know what it used to be? All you had to have for sexual harassment was for a superior in your office to use his power to have his way with you, no matter whether you wanted it or not. Now that's out the window. Because we can't, of course, have Bill Clinton said to have engaged in sexual harassment. No way. Not gonna happen.” KnowsWayFirstsLooksSaidMatterDoneUseHappensWantedUsedCoursesSexFeminismOfficeWindowBillsClintonFolksSuperiorsUsed To BeHeyEngagedDamageHarassment Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think it's very important for everyone in America to realize right now the state of our country, not just on this issue but on a lot of issues, that it is time to get active again. People have just sat back and just sort of said, oh, let somebody else do it for a long time, and we're seeing what's happening to the country, even freedom of speech. It's not going well. So I think this is a real opportunity for people to see, yes, if you do get out and you do get active, there are other people there. You just have to seek them out.” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsLongSaidImportantRealCountryStatesAmericaOpportunityWomenRealizingIssuesSeeingFeminismRight NowSpeechLong TimeHappeningsFeministActiveOur CountrySatEmpoweringFreedom Of Speech Author:Mary Steenburgen
“I've always said I have nothing against a woman doing anything a man can do as long as she gets home in time to cook dinner.” MenLongSaidHomeCan DoFeminismDinnerCooks Author:Barry Goldwater