Sexism Quotes

• Sexism has never rendered women powerless. It has either suppressed their strength or exploited it.

  Bell Hooks

  Powerless

  bell hooks (2014). “Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center”, p.95, Routledge

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• We need to raise our sons more like our daughters. We need to relieve them of this burden of the idea that to be masculine they have to be superior, which is what they get addicted to, and why both racism and sexism are crimes that I call superiority crimes.

  Gloria Steinem

  Daughter, Son, Ideas

  Source: www.elle.com

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• A woman can do anything she wants as long as she doesn't do anything she wants! She can go anywhere she likes as long as she stays put!

  Lucille Kallen

  Women, Long, Want

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• Sexism goes so deep that at first it's hard to see; you think it's just reality.

  Alix Kates Shulman

  Reality, Thinking, Firsts

  Alix Kates Shulman (1978). “Burning questions: a novel”, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Sexism is the foundation on which all tyranny is built. Every social form of hierarchy and abuse is modeled on male-over-female domination.

  Andrea Dworkin

  Peace, Abuse, Foundation

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• Women should remain at home, sit still, and bear children.

  Martin Luther

  Children, Home, Bears

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• Women are socialized to be nice, to be docile. I call it 'shrink to fit': Shrink yourself to fit what others expect of you.

  Meg Ryan

  Nice, Women, Fit

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• I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• It is one thing to say, "Some men shall rule," quite another to declare, "All men shall rule," and that in virtue of the most primitive, the most rudimentary attribute they possess, that namely of sex.

  Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi

  Sex, Men, Male Dominance

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• Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Success, Dream, Xenophobia

  Twitter post from Aug 14, 2011

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• So, my unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this. When faced with sexism, or ageism, or lookism, or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself the following question: “Is this person in between me and what I want to do?” If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. Then, when you’re in charge, don’t hire the people who were jerky to you.

  Tina Fey

  Inspirational, Witty, Funny Motivational

  "Bossypants". Book by Tina Fey, April 5, 2011.

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• In real life these women experienced different sides of the same sexism coin. People who didn't like Hillary called her a ballbuster. People who didn't like Sarah called her Caribou Barbie. People attempted to marginalize these women based on their gender.

  Tina Fey

  Real, People, Barbie

  "Tina Fey and Amy Poehler: sisters in comedy rip into the boys' club" by Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. December 18, 2015.

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• It seems to be generally acknowledged that sexism is far from defeated, flourishing through religions and other reactionary ideologies, which would definitely and gladly erase the concept of feminism.

  Laura Mulvey

  Feminism, Defeated, Flourishing

  Source: en.aup.nl

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• It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.

  Ingrid Newkirk

  Racism, Racist, Supremacy

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• Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.

  Claude Pepper

  Racism, Age, Racist

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• Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing.

  Patricia Heaton

  Running, Kids, Men

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• Here I am a woman attorney being told I can't practice law in slacks by a judge dressed in drag.

  Florynce Kennedy

  Here I Am, Law, Practice

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• We must talk about how sexism and patriarchy operate in conjunction with state violence. Until we're honest about that, and do something to resist, we're complicit in the persistence of oppression.

  Marc Lamont Hill

  Persistence, Violence, Honest

  Source: www.elle.com

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• A woman's suffering is never above half known, for the fact of the publicity of her wrongs is counted to her for disgrace.

  Caroline Norton

  Suffering, Publicity, Facts

  Caroline Sheridan Norton (1978). “Selected writings of Caroline Norton: facsimile reproductions”, Scholars Facsimilies & Reprint

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• Woman is the crown of all creation, but Man is the head who wears it, and even the servant is master in his house.

  Franz Grillparzer

  Marriage, Men, House

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• There was danger at times that women might not be judged by the highest standards, but more leniently because of their sex. "She is a remarkably good chemist--for a woman," you might hear a man say. It seemed to me essential, if the ablest young women scholars were to achieve the best work of which they were capable, that they should be held to the most rigorous standards. ...To advance, a woman must do at least as good work as her male colleagues, usually better.

  Virginia Gildersleeve

  Sex, Men, Males

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• A lot of my effort is to get people to talk about gender in a new way and to see that sexism and gender issues are so ingrained in us.

  Jennifer Fox

  Issues, People, Effort

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• There are many things that black women can continue to do to help black folk. First, black women have historically been among the most vocal advocates for equality in our community. We must take full advantage of such courage by continuing to combat the sexism in our communities. Black women, whether in church, or hip-hop, don't receive their just due. Second, when black women are in charge of child-rearing, they must make ever so sure to raise black children who respect both men and women, and who root out the malevolent beliefs about women that shatter our culture.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  Children, Men, Community

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• When it comes to determining child custody, however, sexism is the rule.

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Children, Custody, Child Custody

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• There is a real effort to bully women out of public spaces and offline with violent intimidation. That issue speaks not just to casual sexism, which is more common, but actual, violent hatred of women by some.

  Tara Moss

  Real, Effort, Hatred

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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