Jessica Chastain Quotes

The stereotypes of feminists as ugly, or man-haters, or hairy, or whatever it is - that's really strategic. That's a really smart way to keep young women away from feminism, is to kind of put out this idea that all feminists hate men, or all feminists are ugly; and that they really come from a place of fear.

I've found that people get particularly frustrated and shut down when women in fiction are disgusting or disordered.

As you can imagine I'm disappointed as anything that I was not selected to be the presidential running mate. And I find it continually appalling that it would be a radical thing to have a woman on the ticket.

Man's constant need to disparage woman, to humble her, to deny her equal rights, and to belittle her achievements — all are expressions of his innate envy and fear.

If you're not a victim, and you don't need help, then you're definitely seen as a threat as a woman.

This is what the media does with women. You try to divide and conquer women so you can intimidate and victimise them. This is why they don't make movies where a lot of women get to be on set together. It's about dividing.

To me, it's disheartening when you have someone take away everything you've done as a woman because of a man.

The cost of speaking out is so high for women, I understand why most decide not to.

If someone is being misogynistic, you have to name it. It's not convenient to talk about discrimination, but if you don't do it, you allow it to exist. So you have to name it.

I've been speaking out about harassment and gender disparity for years.

Male supremacy has kept woman down. It has not knocked her out.

I do not fight against men, but against the system that is sexist.

I was a girl in a land where rifles are fired in celebration of a son, while daughters are hidden away behind a curtain, their role in life simply to prepare food and give birth to children.

My own contentious relationship with gaming continued through high school and college: I still enjoyed playing games from time to time, but I always found myself pushed away by the sexism that permeated gaming culture. There were constant reminders that I didn't really belong.

Films about women and their concerns are seen as frivolous, limited and, most damaging of all, niche.

To be outspoken, or different at all, is a problem for women.

I hate the victimization of women, always.

Usually when you see females in movies, they feel like they have these metallic structures around them, they are caged in by male energy.

Most Muslim women know it is fear and curiosity that cause people to stare. They know it is ignorance and stereotypes that cause people to suppose that a piece of material covering the hair strips a woman of the ability to speak English, pursue a career, work a remote control.

Whenever you see a successful woman, look out for three men who are going out of their way to try to block her.

Female athletes are supposed to be toned down. You're always supposed to talk about the team and never stand out.

There's more pressure on women to be chirpy and perky.

A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it.

Woman absent is woman dead.

I grew up in a time when many people believed that men and women should not always be treated equally.