Manal al-Sharif Quotes

I was on my own, living in Los Angeles, and I didn't know my way around, so I thought I'd walk everywhere. Well, that certainly got me noticed. Any woman who walks any distance at all is automatically regarded as a hooker!

I wouldn't want to take the late night subway in the U.S. or go for a late night stroll in the U.K. Women feel insecure anywhere in the world where they may become victims of predatory behavior.

In my youth there were words you couldn't say in front of a girl; now you can't say 'girl.'

The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between men and women.

Gender is probably the most restricting force in American life.

I do not want to see a society where, should I ever have any, my granddaughters have their fingernails pulled out because they are wearing nail varnish.

Masculine and feminine roles are not biologically fixed but socially constructed.

Even nowadays a man can't step up and kill a woman without feeling just a bit unchivalrous.

Because women and girls are not valued equally as human beings, they are treated as less than such. Female genital mutilation is one example of this that has to be stopped.

I especially don't like the graphic violence against women and children often depicted in novels such as 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' and others. I'm not sure if it's being done just to entertain or whether it really is necessary for the characters involved.

But as a woman, I really started feeling vulnerable on the set, and I really felt that it was important that I should not be open for invitation or making myself look as though I was waiting for something.

My childhood was as heavily gendered as any you would find in a working-class household in Lincolnshire.

Saudi women used to drive camels and journey at night among men. What is the difference between a camel and a car?

Land belongs to the men folk.

Women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized.”

In the religion classes, students learn that the Saudi interpretation of Islam supersedes any worldly concept of human rights. Women have the most to lose, yet their ideas are so ingrained that I defy you to find a report of a Saudi mother complaining about what our children are being taught.

If it is not a fit place for women, it is unfit for men to be there.

To chop off the heads of men I use a special sword, following the writings of the prophet Mohammed, while I use a gun to execute women. When the job is done, I get a sense of delight and thank God for giving me this power.

When my mother and I walked to the grocery store, men would circle the block in cars. It was very, very scary, especially as a young boy. Very predatory - a hunt.

Guys always follow me into the bathroom and ask for pictures and stuff.

I'm not accustomed to taking a swing at a woman's head. That's not in my DNA.

Women are surprised to see me on the street - like they're seeing a ghost. There's a lot of crying involved.

It's very odd that we have such an easy relationship to violence in this country, and we're still shocked by the female figure.

One day guns were pulled on us by older guys. My friend had gone to sell his moped and they took the moped, my friend's phone and some money. But all he got from my pocket was a tub of Vaseline. I remember him saying, 'Oh, he's a sweet boy' and throwing my Vaseline on the floor.

My one suggestion going forward is, any felony committed against a woman should be a full-season suspension.