Jeanette Winterson Quotes

Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected to act like men, we will never be as good at being men as men are.

I would argue that the uncomfortable feelings she elicits are simply the by-product of watching a woman wanting and taking like a man.

The great fault in women is to desire to be like men.

There are no important differences between men and women, but the unimportant ones are sometimes very interesting.

Would it upset men if they found out we weren't different? Are we? Aren't we? Damned if I know.

Should men and women be equal in all things? Absolutely. But I'm old-fashioned in that I like the differences between the sexes. My male characters are neither Neanderthals nor Prince Charmings. They're flawed.

I've got six brothers, so I grew up with all boys, then I moved in with three girls, and the differences were incredible. Living in a very feminine house threw me a bit. The bathroom was unbelievable; it was like a chemist's.

Many differences are rooted in biology and reinforced through culture, so it's important to acknowledge that. Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected to act like men, we will never be as good at being men as men are.

That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships between objects.

A lot of women read male magazines. Of course, a lot of guys read female magazines, but they've got another issue to deal with. But a lot of women read men's magazines and think, 'Oh, this is what these guys are thinking? Studying up on the enemy here.'

I don't believe for a minute that women really want to be understood by men.

The gentle and insinuating manners of the female sex tend to soften the roughness of the other sex.

I do tons of feminine things.

I find men odd. I don't really understand men. I kind of feel like I understand women better than I do men, really.

Men and women are different: we have different tendencies, skills, and behaviors. This should be accepted and fostered, not demonized. Because the end result is simply more effeminate men and more masculine women. Who wants that?

I hate to say it, but one of the worst things you could be called when I was younger was unfeminine.

A woman will forget that a man is male, if they are good enough friends, but men rarely forget that a woman is feminine.

Do you really think a man must be strong, masculine, dominating, and the woman frail, obedient and sensitive? This is a conventional idea. Reality is quite different.

You see what happens today. Women act like men and want to be treated like women.

The way the world sees women vs. men is a subject that really interests me.

a man is no example for a woman. It’s a different thing.

In society it is etiquette for ladies to have the best chairs and get handed things. In the home the reverse is the case. This is why ladies are more sociable than gentlemen.

Political correctness is driving machismo underground and recalling effeminacy from exile.

The first thing that strikes the careless observer is that women are unlike men. They are 'the opposite sex' - (though why 'opposite' I do not know; what is the 'neighbouring sex'?).