Sexist Quotes - Page 5

• In the early 21st century, it is easy to condemn the Bond books for being racist and imperialist, sexist and misogynist, elitist and sadistic. But this is merely another way of saying that we cannot understand the Bond books without reference to the personality, the outlook and the 'Tory imagination' of the man who wrote them, and to the time in which he wrote them; and that we cannot understand the 1950s and 1960s without some reference to them, and to him.

  David Cannadine

  Book, Men, Imagination

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• The last thing in the world someone should do is respond to critics. If I did that I'd be neutered by now--I would be in the nearest insane asylum wearing 15 straitjackets. My whole career has been nothing but: "You shouldn't do it that way, you bigot, you sexist, you homophobe, you pig, you right-wing warmonger, you whatever.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Pigs, Wings, Careers

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• Make no mistake about it: the labeling of someone's language as 'sexist' involves a political judgment and implies the desirability of a particular sociological doctrine. One may be in favor of that doctrine (as I believe I am) but it is quite another matter to force writers by edicts and censorship into accepting it.

  Neil Postman

  Mistake, Believe, Political

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• I'm a woman, but I've been a sexist, too.

  Julianna Baggott

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• When I criticize Joseph Beuys or Francis Bacon, nobody calls those opinions anti-male. Putting female artists or their subject matter off-limits is itself sexist and limiting.

  Jerry Saltz

  Artist, Males, Female

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• I enjoyed showing a bit more leg in the last few stories. It was good fun, but it can be quite sexist. But it doesnt worry me personally all that much.

  Sarah Sutton

  Fun, Worry, Stories

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• We're talking a lot about bullying and harassment and abuse tonight, and I can freely say that at some point in the future I want to play someone who is homophobic and racist and sexist -- that appeals to me as an actor, to explore that.

  Rex Lee

  Bullying, Talking, Play

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• On whether Blurred Lines' video is sexist: I don't. I really appreciate the people who watch out for that stuff, and I'm sensitive to those sort of things. On the surface level, the naked women dancing, I understand that can be perceived that way. But we're directed to have a sort of confidence, a sarcastic attitude about the whole situation.

  Emily Ratajkowski

  Sarcastic, Attitude, Appreciate

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• There were worse things to be than sexist. For example, you could be the sort of person who pinched your fingers together while using the words “teeny weeny.

  Liane Moriarty

  Together, Example, Fingers

  Liane Moriarty (2013). “The Husband's Secret”, p.13, Penguin UK

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• It's not so much about powerful women. In some cases, there are stereotypes about women. I often don't hear men talked about in the same way. It's more a sexist stereotype than a powerful stereotype.

  Anna Wintour

  Powerful, Men, Way

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• Alaska decided to go help Dolores with dinner. She said that it was sexist to leave the cooking to the women, but better to have good sexist food than crappy boy-prepared food.

  John Green

  Boys, Alaska, Cooking

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.73, Penguin

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• She has very strong ideas about family - ideas that probably sound kind of sexist to you. She believes all dhampirs should train and put in time as guardians, but that the women should eventually return home to raise their children together. But not the men? No, he said wryly. She thinks men still need to stay out there and kill Strigoi.

  Richelle Mead

  Strong, Children, Believe

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.479, Penguin

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• They wanted black women to conform to the gender norms set by white society. They wanted to be recognized as 'men,' as patriarchs, by other men, including white men. Yet they could not assume this position if black women were not willing to conform to prevailing sexist gender norms. Many black women who has endured white-supremacist patriarchal domination during slavery did not want to be dominated by black men after manumission.

  Bell Hooks

  Men, White Man, Black

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• Yes...and I'm worried that if you get into the habit of making out with your instructors, you'll wind up making out with him too." "Don't be sexist. They could find me a female instructor." "In that case, you have my permission to make out with her as long as I can watch.

  Cassandra Clare

  Wind, Long, Female

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• You assume that it has to be a male god who finds a human female attractive? How sexist is that?

  Rick Riordan

  Males, Female, Assuming

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• choose now," he spat, his eyes practically shooing sparks. "me or him." gosh,Fang, you romantic fool," i said sarcastically."howw incredibly sexist pig of you.

  James Patterson

  Eye, Pigs, Sparks

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• It is very clear from the historical record that without British help neither Wahhabism nor the House of Saud would be in existence today. Wahhabism is a British-inspired fundamentalist movement in Islam. Through its defense of the House of Saud, the US also supports Wahhabism directly and indirectly regardless of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Wahhabism is violent, right wing, ultra-conservative, rigid, extremist, reactionary, sexist, and intolerant.

  Andre Vltchek

  Wings, House, Support

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• I wanted to write a song about sexism, but I didn't want to do it in a mechanical way and be like, "Don't be sexist!" because that's not how I talk in regular life.

  Boots Riley

  Song, Writing, Want

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Being 15 and like a punk in the DIY community, basically being with a group of people like no one else, it was the first place to exclude or call out if people were racist, sexist, homophobic or in any way prejudiced.

  Babatunde Adebimpe

  People, Community, Groups

  Source: thequietus.com

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• It's not that appealing when something sexist happens to you. But if you're strong enough, and you can push that aside and keep your goal in mind and remember that you're doing your job - whatever that is, whether it's a producer or an artist or a mastering engineer - because you love it, then all that stuff falls by the wayside.

  Emily Lazar

  Strong, Jobs, Fall

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Tourism has affected Cuba, because tourists come and they bring racist, sexist ideas. They bring a whole vision that there are rich people all over the world and that's the way it should be.

  Assata Shakur

  Ideas, People, Vision

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• To me, a woman can't be a feminist just because she is a woman. She is a feminist because she begins to divest herself of sexist ways of thinking and revolutionizes her consciousness.

  Bell Hooks

  Thinking, Feminist, Way

  "Challenging Capitalism and Patriarchy: An Interview with Bell Hooks". Third World Viewpoint Interview, espressostalinist.com. July 15, 2013.

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• I think the Bible is hugely patriarchal. There are so many sexist comments and homophobic comments and comments that are not in keeping with nurturing and loving the human spirit.

  Alanis Morissette

  Thinking, Spirit, Homophobic

  "New Again: Alanis Morissette". Interview with Elizabeth Weitzman, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 15, 2015.

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• The notion that black folks have nothing to learn from scholarship that may reflect racial or racist biases is dangerous. It promotes closed-mindedness and a narrow understanding of knowledge to hold that "race" is such an overwhelming concept that it negates the validity of any insights contained in a work that may have some racist or sexist aspects.

  Bell Hooks

  Race, Racism, Understanding

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• I'm no stranger to a bit of sexist backlash, but I was surprised by the level of vicious and misogynist hate I received.

  Anita Sarkeesian

  Hate, Levels, Stranger

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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