Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and haven't had many complaints.
Freud articulated the standard opinion when he asked with supposed seriousness, 'What does a woman want?'... Today the question that is the yeast in the social dough is, 'What do men want?
Real feminism is spinsterhood.
Maybe in that earlier phase I was painting the woman in me. Art isn't a wholly masculine occupation, you know.
Study the lives of our great women, who were models of patience, fortitude, compassion and sacrifice.
Women anchor me. They're there when I need them. They're sensitive to me, and I'm sensitive to them. I'm not saying I've loved that many women.
Just because a woman is silent does not mean she agrees.
For a woman to go out alone into architecture is still very, very hard. It's still a man's world.
O! how short a time does it take to put an end to a woman's liberty!
A female artist friend of mine recently told me that she was advised to 'look more slutty.' I asked her boyfriend what the equivalent advice for a man would be. He said to be more muscular. That made me rush to the gym.
Women don't paint very well. It's a fact. There are, of course, exceptions. Agnes Martin or, from the past, Paula Modersohn-Becker.
I was a liberated woman long before there was a name for it.
A woman or a man creating feel very much the same way.
Women can also be creative in total isolation. I know excellent women artists who do original work without any response to speak of. Maybe they are used to lack of feedback. Maybe they are tougher.
A basis for much of the pain women suffer in real life is they must somehow resolve their devotion to men.
A learned woman is thought to be a comet that bodes mischief whenever it appears.
Women to whom one has just been introduced think that it breaks the ice if they scream, 'Goodness, you're tall!' How would they like it if I broke the ice first, by screaming 'Goodness, what thick ankles!' or 'Goodness, what a bust!
Even if so inclined, an artist has no business to marry. For a man, it may be well enough, but for a woman, on whom matrimonial duties and cares weigh more heavily, it is a moral wrong, for she must either neglect her family, or her profession.
In our hearts and in our laws, we must treat all our people with fairness and dignity, regardless of their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. . . .
To me gender is not physical at all, but is altogether insubstantial. It is soul, perhaps, it is talent, it is taste, it is environment, it is how one feels, it is light and shade, it is inner music.
We need not just a new generation of leadership but a new gender of leadership
Few professors would dare to publish research or teach a course debunking the claims made in various ethnic, gender, or other 'studies' courses.
I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience.
So few grown women like their lives.
Women hear rhythm differently than men.
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