Faith Salie Quotes

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

Hollywood is run by men who are big on vulnerability.

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

We know in our society, women are valued for their sexual desirability and not necessarily for what they have to say.

Many of us were raised with the 'be a lady' thing, and all those kind of things that can be used against you and strip you out of opportunity and power.

Patriarchy doesn't just make men out to be ogres. Women buy into the patriarchy as well, and women make those comments as well, like, 'Boys will be boys.' Women have to undo that stuff, too.

Women do feel like they're in a box. Society, Hollywood, some men-they want to wrap women up in a neat little package.

Often, women as little girls are sent off on a track for them to live a perfect life and be a perfect woman. Not for boys, who can be themselves with their mood and their temper.

A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.

Men make angry music and it's called rock-and-roll; women include anger in their vocabulary and suddenly they're angry and militant.

I think that there's a tendency for actors who play strong women to have them take on all the worst characteristics of men, to become cold and detached and hardened.

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.

There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that is ruled by men.

A woman can never be too rich or too thin, but until very, very recently, she could be too powerful, for which - if she wasn't smart enough to camouflage herself - she generally paid the price.

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

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.

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

A man is free to go up as high as he can reach up to; but I, with all my style and pep, can't get a man my equal because a girl is always judged by her mother.

Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.

Men can't bear to see women cry.

Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.

Whenever a female takes a strong stand for herself, the majority of the time they have to really, really narrow it down to being feminine and wearing dresses and just being lipstick chic.

It's very hard for a woman in comedy. It's hard for women to be bold and not care what anyone, particularly men, think. Maybe that is why so many women comics are lesbians.

Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.