Quotes on feminism

“I hate men who are afraid of women's strength.”

“Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings.”

“As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking.”

“No woman should be made to fear that she was not enough.”

“I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.”

“One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.”

“What is a Wanderess? Bound by no boundaries, contained by no countries, tamed by no time, she is the force of nature’s course.”

“Our men think earning money and ordering around others is where power lies. They don't think power is in the hands of the woman who takes care of everyone all day long, and gives birth to their children.”

“I know enough to know that no woman should ever marry a man who hated his mother.”

“I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.”

“I think that men ought to treat women like something other than weaker men with breasts.”

“All you have to do, I tell myself, is keep your mouth shut and look stupid. It shouldn't be that hard.”

“When God made man she was practicing.”

“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”

“The free mind, unafraid of labor, presses on to attain the good.”

“With oppression, one group has the power to realize their choices and to name the world in order to change the world, while the other has these choices, these names, and this world imposed on them.”

“You tell the truth and people can shit all over it... but somehow once it's said it can't be unsaid; it stays living, somewhere, in someone's heart.”

“Though we tremble before uncertain futuresmay we meet illness, death and adversity with strengthmay we dance in the face of our fears.”

“Don't let a kingor a princeor a fairytaletell you you are smaller than that or who you are meant to be.”

“Zeus may have been the God of lightning and of thunder.But it was Herawho invented the rain”

Women’s rights are human rights.

The right to choose is a fundamental right of women, a fundamental right of all people.

To maximize the value of feminism for women, it needs to be reclaimed—and often from those who have been its most prominent spokespeople.

Feminism is not about being a victim. It's about fighting back, and it's about standing up and taking our power back.

Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke.

Man looks on woman from his vantage point and reduces her to a being that is not for-itself but for-him.

The personal is political, and the political is personal.

With oppression, one group has the power to realize their choices and to name the world in order to change the world, while the other has these choices, these names, and this world imposed on them.

Feminism means radical change in the way society operates, in the way we relate to each other.

Often father and daughter look down on mother (woman) together. They exchange meaningful glances when she misses a point. They agree that she is not bright as they are, cannot reason as they do. This collusion does not save the daughter from the mother’s fate.

The only way for a woman, or a man, to find out what they are capable of is to attempt the impossible.

I am not a feminist because I think women are better than men. I am a feminist because I think women are equal to men.

The patriarchy is an arrangement in which women are exploited, and men, in turn, are victimized by it.

I think that women are far more flexible than men, and this is one of the reasons why women make better leaders.

When women break the rules, they’re punished. When men break the rules, they’re applauded.

Women are capable of doing anything men can do, but the problem is, they're not always given the opportunity to try.

Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.

The only thing I have ever wanted is the opportunity to be able to make choices about my own life.

What women want is not always what women need.

The word 'feminist' is a dirty word, but we have to continue using it.

Women have been the most disenfranchised group of people in history, and I am determined to change that.

Being a woman is hard work. The beauty standards are oppressive and impossible, but women make it work every day.

Our bodies are the only place we truly own in the world, and we must reclaim it.

The point of feminism is to create a world in which women are free from discrimination and oppression, and to do this, we must change the way society thinks.

If you want to know what women’s power is, look at the way they navigate the world.

A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.

The most revolutionary thing that one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening.

Feminism is for everybody.