Joss Whedon Quotes

That's exactly what's exciting for me - the idea of infiltrating the male structure and affecting change from within.

Women don't realize how powerful they are.

I think, in the past, being brave - being powerful, being strong - were qualities that people associated with being masculine. And I think... no, I don't think - I know that now we're realizing they can be feminine, too.

Our society really needs to take a better look at what we're selling, because I think women being empowered will be as beneficial to men as it is to us.

Being a woman is a very powerful thing, I think, and you don't want to abuse that.

Women are always saying,"We can do anything that men cando." But Men should be saying,"We can do anything that women can do.

When I was a kid, I was always around boys. I was always trying to keep up with boys - skateboarding and snowboarding. If my brother was mowing the lawn, I had to mow the lawn. If my brother was using a hammer, I needed to use a hammer. I've always been a little bit of a feminist.

I may be a man, but I fight like a girl.

'Power' is an explosive word, particularly when applied to women.

Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power.

A woman confronting men is a proper subject, it is inexhaustible.

Nothing scares a straight man more than a woman in her full glory.

I'm too much of a broad; I make men shake in their boots because I have a male dominance in my make-up that makes them feel emasculated.

I have never let gender get in my way.

A woman can do anything. She can be traditionally feminine and that's all right; she can work, she can stay at home; she can be aggressive; she can be passive; she can be any way she wants with a man. But whenever there are the kinds of choices there are today, unless you have some solid base, life can be frightening.

Why do men feel threatened by women?

I'm not trying to put our women on a pedestal that they don't deserve to be on. No man is a "man" without a woman: It's a woman that helps the man to be a man.

If you're a strong man, you should not feel threatened by strong women.

Bowie's a real man, and I'm a real woman - just like Catherine Deneuve.

Until recently, the question was 'Why can't a woman be more like a man?' It should have been changed to 'Why can't both sexes be more like the best parts of each other?' Instead, the pendulum swung to the 1960s feminist lapel button Adam Was a First Draft. True enough. So are we all.

All my battles were with male egos. I’m just looking for equality, not to dominate. But I want to be able to control my vision.

B*tch: a reflection of people’s lack of creativity & inability to acknowledge & embrace a powerful woman; a woman who won’t comply.

Sometimes you can accept an important post, on condition that it really puts you in a position to help women. Unfortunately, women who have important posts very often adopt masculine standards-power, ambition, personal success - and cut themselves off from other women.

Women must understand that simply attacking or hating men is just another form of disempowerment. A woman has to realize that when she makes a man crawl it doesn't give her power.

True badassery has no gender.