Karen DeCrow Quotes

It's easier to make fun of a first lady than for a first lady to have fun. The scrutiny is ferocious.

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians.”

An ocean of ink - real and virtual - has been spilled critiquing the appearance of female politicians.

I'm fascinated by how much we, as women, have to subjugate and hide ourselves in order to get on in the world.

I mean, the part you don't like, I mean, that's the only part. That's the part no one likes, and that is the criticisms, and the unfair criticisms, I might add, of my husband. But that's also just a fact of life in politics.

I have been told by people that I should not be seen clubbing with good-looking women, but I can't see why not. Why be a pop star otherwise?

What irritates me is that people in our country expect women to work now, but when the First Lady tries to do something, she is criticized for it. It’s ridiculous, but it’s a way to get at a President.

Name me a person in public life who doesn't have critics. Especially women in public life.

The problem, as a female athlete, is that you don't want to come across as negative and moaning.

There's something about a woman's life choices that invites commentary, whether it's been invited or not.

I thought I would write something that would make some people uncomfortable. . . . What intrigued me, I think, was the idea of women of my own generation who were successful, intelligent, coming to power and suddenly in the public arena. I started to think about what they are allowed and what they are not allowed.

What was really great with Eleanor Roosevelt - I mean, of course, we all have this stereotypical, really satirical almost, version of how she speaks. What was really interesting to me was I found various radio and TV appearances of hers, but there was one talk show that I saw her on; she was the only woman, it was all men. They were talking about policy - I think it was after she was First Lady. I think it was more in the U.N. days.

The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.

When women oppose themselves to the projects and ambition of men, they excite their lively resentment; if in their youth they meddle with political intrigues, their modesty must suffer.

Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.

People say, 'Gee, you don't really do political music.' Well, I sing a lot of songs about how men and women and lovers treat each other, and none of us want to be talked down to or belittled or ignored or disrespected... So I'm proud to be a feminist.

I think a lot of romanticizing has gone on with the women's movement.

I thought it was very important that femininity wasn't lost.

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.

I think feeling responsible for stuff that goes wrong is an inherent part of being female.

It would be hypocritical of me to use being female in some ways, and diss being female in other ways. It's part of the programme.

We take men's obligation to earn money, and when they do it well, we blame them for having power and being oppressors. And when they don't do it all, women just don't marry men who are reading 'I'm Okay, You're Okay' in the unemployment line.

I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the first to be rescued off sinking ships.

But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues.

Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the cynic his grouch and the sinner his justification.