Barry Hannah Quotes

French women will always look up at a man, even if he is four inches shorter than she is.

For centuries, the question of men needing to comprehend women simply didn't arise. Men were valued according to how they measured up to the manly virtues.

Whatever is dirty, it is women's job to clean up, or drive some man to clean up, and that goes for everything from cellar to senate.

For women raised in the '70s, high heels can still carry a stigma; they're associated with being stupid, with just wanting to please a man. Other women find them empowering.

Women are just as violently minded as men are, but with men, it's taken for granted.

An African man should not do anything called housework or cooking.

Most parts for women have them reacting to something a man has done. Women never instigate any action; they only react it. We women have become accustomed to doing that.

American women today want too much liberty; that's why they're unhappy. Because when an American man meets a woman, he treats her like a pal instead of a woman.

It is against womanhood to be forward in their own wishes.

I think a woman can have all of the ideas and mental pictures. She can be a real planner and a motivator. But in the end, I think a woman does best when she responds to a man.

What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.

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

For some reason, men in politics seem to have a bunch of charisma, and women drop around their feet. I haven't noticed that so much for me and men.

As long as male behavior is taken to be the norm, there can be no serious questioning of male traits and behavior. A norm is by definition a standard for judging; it is not itself subject to judgment.

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster.

It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness.

Perhaps some of the appeal of the dangerous-but-yummy paranormal anti-hero lies in his scorn for societal expectations. Yes, women have come a long way, but there are still some cultural stigmas more associated with women than men.

In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place.

Men that aren't threatened by opinionated, faintly aggressive women are in a minority.

No lady is ever a gentleman.

I don't understand why there needs to be a love interest to make women go see a film. I think society sort of makes us feel that way - that if you don't have a guy, you're worthless.

I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.

A woman should be pink and cuddly for a man.

The word 'excess' has no meaning for a male.

Certain people are like 'Oh, here come the Feminazis!' You end up acting 10 times nicer than you even need to be, to be the opposite of the stereotype like 'You're the man haters!' We're always bending over backwards being extra nice. And I don't know if being nice is my legacy.