Wendy Davis Quotes

Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes." They will say, "Women don't have what it takes.”

Is there discrimination against women? Yes. There's no denying that the old boys' network is alive and well. But there's also discrimination against men.

A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring.

I think all industries are sexist in nature and I don't think the film industry is any different.

I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.

My experiences with gender bias are probably the norm. What I found was that expectations of women were simply lower, and this resulted in being overlooked for certain opportunities.

What works for men does not always work for women, because success and likability are positively correlated for men and negatively correlated for women. That's what the research shows. As a man gets more successful, everyone is rooting for him. As a woman gets more successful, both men and women like her less.

If a woman gets tough in negotiations, she's difficult, whereas a man would be considered a brilliant businessman.

There are so many times that, as a woman in the music industry, you're asked questions no male musician would ever be asked.

We are still living with a double standard. I know it. Every woman I know knows it, whether you're in the media as a woman, or you're in the professions or business or politics.

If you are a man, you have to be like Joe McCarthy to be called “ruthless”. For a woman, all you have to do is put somebody on hold.

Both the Army and the Navy are closed to our sex. Nor, again, are we allowed to be members of the Stock Exchange. Thus we cannot use either the pressure of force or the pressure of money. We cannot preach sermons or negotiate treaties. Then again, although it is true that we can write articles or send letters to the press, the control of the press … is entirely in the hands of your sex …

I really feel like females have to go 50 extra miles. Not just one - 50 extra miles to be accepted or taken seriously.

Women have to compensate more in the personality department in order to get the things that men get. And they don't have as much leeway for being divas or jerks.

I've been called pushy and aggressive and all the negative words that are rarely applied to men with the same traits. But it doesn't bother me.

Being a gal, people can be a bit patronizing. 'Oh, look at you using the computer.' They would never say that to a boy. And I don't let them do it to me.

Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt.

It's not just in Hollywood that women run the risk of being passed by once they reach 50. It happens in real life, too.

I think 'ambitious' is one of those adjectives used for women in a derogatory way.

When men cut jobs, they're seen as decisive. When women do, they're vindictive.

Women candidates have two unique problems. They have trouble raising money and being taken seriously by the media.

You think once you've shown what you can do, and your movies have been successful, that snap, you work. So to discover the difference between guys' roles and girls' roles made me plain mad. It's unjust.

Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women.

Hollywood is the definition of sexual discrimination.

Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.