Bari Weiss Quotes

For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.

Women's degradation is in man's idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man.

Black men don't like to be called 'boys,' but women accept being called 'girls.'

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.

Feminine virtue is nothing but a convenient masculine invention.

All religions have always hated females.

The very word woman in the writings of the church fathers stood for the basest of temptations.... As women were lowered in the moral scale because of their identification with her at the very bottom of the pit, so they cannot rise themselves save as they succeed in lifting her with whose sins they are weighed.

Control of females is mandatory for a successful, civilized, humane and compassionate society

Since St. Augustine announced that Eve - and, hence, collective woman - was responsible for original sin, rabid sexism has been a major pillar of patriarchal religious tradition.

I've always been sure of my vision, but I've been in meetings where men have been talking about me like I'm not there... I've been told I should be a certain way, and I wondered if that would have been the case if I was a man.

The universal religion - contempt for women.

Women is fine once you got em pinned down, boss, but when they ain't pinned down they're hell.

Sexism is not the fault of women - kill your fathers, not your mothers.

Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.

I never say 'nagging.' I think that 'nagging' is a term that men created to get women to pipe down some. But, it's a trap that we've created. We created several terms for women to back you down. Nagging means to stop asking me questions, then we get away with more. I think it's a term men created.

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

I hate how box-office failures are blamed on an actress, yet I don't see a box-office failure blamed on men.

God as 'He,' as a patriarchal thing, is offensive to me. It's standard fare for America, 'He, He, He.' Every time I hear that it's like another blow against females. It's very radical talk at this point for females to say this kind of stuff, but nationwide I still hear females referring to God as 'He.'

The first time Adam had a chance, he laid the blame on women.

At the base of it, my gut instinct tells me that there's a kind of fundamental misogyny in the culture. There just is. You know, there's just a weird anxiety around women.

A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

A woman who does not become the slave of just one man becomes the slave of all men.

If it's a woman, it's caustic; if it's a man, it's authoritative.

Men get laid, but women get screwed.