Kalki Koechlin Quotes

I feel like a feminist is gender equality.

We need everyone to be a feminist. Feminism is the fight for the equality of sexes, not for the domination of one sex over another.

I think that any female who gets asked if she's a feminist... it's silly... it's so interesting when people ask females if they're a feminist. Of course every female wants to be equal!

The feminists who are aware of the effects of patriarchy realize that we are all in the same boat from the dangers of patriarchy, and that the oppression of women is universal.

I don't know why it's still a taboo to be a feminist.

For a woman emancipation means corruption.

I think that there have been a lot of fear-based assertions that feminism is about aggression, and that is incorrect and untrue. Feminism is about equality; that's what it's about.

Women are inferior to none.

I'm an ardent feminist.

Some women are smarter than men, and some aren't. But to suggest to women that they deserve dominance instead of equality is at best a cheap applause line.

I do believe that men and women are different, and that should be celebrated, but at the same time, I think there's a lot of things girls can do, and do equally, as well. Whether it's fighting for equal pay or just to be treated with respect, it's something I think is really important.

Misogyny is ingrained in people from the time they are born. So to me, feminism is probably the most important movement that you could embrace, because it's just basically another word for equality.

The notion that somehow women are wildly different infuriates me.

I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men.

I still consider myself a feminist.

You could call me a 'card-carrying feminist,' if there were a card to carry.

Our daughters were coming of age during a rising consciousness about gender equality. Throughout their school years - from kindergarten through graduate school, 1972 to 1992 - women were starting to take their places in areas traditionally reserved mostly for men.

I am most certainly a feminist.

I want my books to force readers to recognise the fact that a woman is a human being just like them.

A lot of women are turned off by the physical appearance of some of the first feminists.

The most important movement in the world is the feminist movement. If we can really figure out what's going on between men and women, the other problems will take care of themselves. I'm sure of it.

I owe nothing to Women's Lib.

In Sweden, there's a lot of talk of gender equality. That discussion isn't as prevalent in the U.S. I feel that successful American women are tougher than Swedish women - they create their space.

When you say 'revolution' when you have only men outside, you know that something is going wrong. I'm not like a hardcore feminist, but I think that one of the things that makes the society advanced is equality between men and women. If half of the society is oppressed by the other half, it's not fine.

Despite the fact that feminists say they're not getting a fair deal, women are still very powerful.