Feminism Quotes - Page 8

• A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

  Gloria Steinem

  Hilarious, Heartbreak, Funny Love

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• Sexual harassment law is very important. But I think it would be a mistake if the sexual harassment law movement is the only way in which feminism is known in the media.

  Judith Butler

  Mistake, Thinking, Media

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• People have accepted the media's idea of what feminism is, but that doesn't mean that it's right or true or real. Feminism is not monolithic. Within feminism, there is an array of opinions.

  Judy Chicago

  Inspirational, Motivational, Real

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• I'm writing a review of three books on feminism and science, and it's about social constructionism. So I would say I'm a social constructionist, whatever that means

  Clifford Geertz

  Book, Writing, Mean

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• I used to think feminism was a liberating force - now I see many of those people are just censors under a different name.

  Lydia Lunch

  Thinking, Names, People

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• I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which a man structurally does not have, does not have it because he cannot have it. He's just incapable of it.

  Barbara Jordan

  Women, Believe, Compassion

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• The modern woman is the curse of the universe. A disaster, that's what. She thinks that before her arrival on the scene no woman ever did anything worthwhile before, no woman was ever liberated until her time, no woman really ever amounted to anything.

  Adela Rogers St. Johns

  Thinking, Modern Woman, Scene

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• It was critical to finding a way out. I had assumed young women knew the history of feminism and must have felt gratitude to the movement for the opportunities that the work we have done has afforded them.

  Betty Buckley

  Gratitude, Opportunity, Feminist

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• I think Julia is defining a new feminism. It's the power of the open heart. And its ok to be sexual.

  Kenny Loggins

  Heart, Thinking, Feminist

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The left ask people to believe that there is no conflict between feminism and the family.

  Christopher Lasch

  Believe, People, Feminist

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  It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less

  Susan B. Anthony

  Strong Women, Equality, White

  Motto of The Revolution (newspaper), 8 Jan. 1868

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• Feminism is doomed to failure because it is based on an attempt to repeal and restructure human nature.

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Fate, Human Nature, Anti Feminist

  Phyllis Schlafly (2003). “Feminist fantasies”, Spence Pub

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• Feminism's agenda is basic: It asks that women not be forced to 'choose' between public justice and private happiness.

  Susan Faludi

  Women, Justice, Feminist

  Susan Faludi (1991). “Backlash: the undeclared war against American women”, Crown Pub

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• Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.

  Hanna Rosin

  Giving, Choices

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• Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.

  Susan B. Anthony

  Witty, Strong Women, Independent

  Motto of The Revolution (newspaper), 8 Jan. 1868

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• No woman is required to build the world by destroying herself.

  Moses Sofer

  Feminist, World, Destroying

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• It's a Crime for the Slave to Love her Bonds.

  Ghada al-Samman

  Slave, Crime

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• When I see the elaborate study and ingenuity displayed by women in the pursuit of trifles, I feel no doubt of their capacity for the most herculean undertakings.

  Julia Ward Howe

  Women, Feminist, Doubt

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• When God made man she was practicing.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Men, Made

  Rita Mae Brown (2004). “Cat on the Scent: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery”, p.73, Bantam

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• I don't mind being called a "feminist," as I certainly embrace the tenets of feminism, though it does feel a little sad to me that we need to call a novel "feminist" simply because the female characters are interesting and strong.

  Laurie Foos

  Strong, Character, Interesting

  Source: therumpus.net

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• The enemy of feminism isn’t men. It’s patriarchy, and patriarchy is not men. It is a system, and women can support the system of patriarchy just as men can support the fight for gender equality.

  Justine Musk

  Fighting, Men, Support

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• Some have a difficult time with feminism. 'Why not a human liberation movement?' they say. The answer is that the power differences between the sexes, races, and classes are still so extreme that invoking humanism, at this time, dangerously denies that fact.

  Loraine Hutchins

  Sex, Race, Class

  Loraine Hutchins (2010). “Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out”, p.20, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Really feminism is about being all that you are and not having to trade one thing for another on your way up.

  Gina Torres

  Way, Trade, One Thing

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• It`s not about women acting like man, it`s about women acting like woman and being sucsessful

  Zooey Deschanel

  Men, Acting

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• If feminism wasn't powerful, if feminism wasn't influential, people wouldn't spend so much time putting it down.

  Jessica Valenti

  Powerful, People, Influential

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