Karl Kraus Quotes

I think I am really irreverent and I pretty much just talk to and about men the way men talk to and about women.

If I want to dislike women, I should be allowed to. As it happens, I love them. Women to me are privately worshipped and publicly disdained.

Women cannot complain about men until they start gettting better taste in them.

I've always been sure of my vision, but I've been in meetings where men have been talking about me like I'm not there... I've been told I should be a certain way, and I wondered if that would have been the case if I was a man.

The older we women grow, the more clearly we see what men really are: hypocrites, boasters, he-goats. The older men grow, the more they doll us up with every perfection.

And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.

We live in a patriarchal culture. It's okay for women to be objectified but not for men.

The anger that appears to be building up between the sexes becomes more virulent with every day that passes. And far from women taking the blame... the fact is that men are invariably portrayed as the bad guys. Being a good man is like being a good Nazi.

I have to tell you, though, the sexism in late night talk is so profound.

If you're a man and you ask questions, you're a genius; if you're a woman, you're difficult.

Men think a woman should not have an opinion.

If a man belittles a woman, it could become a lawsuit. If women belittle men, it's a Hallmark card.

Men are very tough, very critical of me. I think they expect you to basically just be a picture. They don't want to hear you speak.

I think society, in general, is hard on women, period.

Women serve but to keep a man from better company.

I used to be very interested in the history of women's rights in this country and in other countries. I tried to learn as much as I could about it, and more than anything, I would be called gay. It was phenomenal. But if a boy has something to say, he is appreciated; he's even popular. If a girl says something, it's instantly a threat.

When women do take on traditionally male subjects, certain male colleagues can seem affronted that a woman has dared to trespass on their subject. I could given you dozens of examples, but here's one: Max Hastings's review in the 'Sunday Times' in 2009 of Miranda Carter's book 'The Three Emperors'.

Once, I was going to a film event, and someone told me not to wear high heels to it. They said that it might intimidate the men. For some reason, I was ready to take their cue, but about an hour later, something in my head started ringing, and I thought, 'That is the worst advice anybody's ever given me.'

The male domination and chauvinism of the comics form is either being wittily lampooned in 'Watchmen' or handily perpetuated, depending on whom you ask.

Women are hypocrites. Women are opportunists. Women are liars. They are abusers and bullies and manipulators. They are capable of cruelty, callousness, and evil. Just like men.

I don't think women are better than men, I think men are a lot worse than women.

Sexism is not the fault of women - kill your fathers, not your mothers.

Men should stop treating feminists like ladies, and instead treat them like the men they say they want to be.