Joss Whedon Quotes

I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men.

My mom brought me up to be a feminist. She would always point out to my brother and me that our culture does often portray women like objects...

Young girls getting into feminism.

All women are feminists, whether they know it or not.

I would much rather be the obnoxious feminist girl than be complicit in my own dehumanization.

The feminist movement has been important to me because it's made me feel less odd and also because it has made me understand some of the pressures on women which I was lucky enough to have escaped, perhaps because of my eccentricity or the oddness of my upbringing.

In truth, feminism is flawed because it is a movement powered by people and people are inherently flawed.

I have been told that I am a "natural" feminist, someone who was born a feminist. In fact I was quite blind to what the problem was: I couldn't understand why anyone would hesitate to do what they wanted to do just because they were told that women didn't do such things.

The women can always choose the patriarchal models, and you end up with a Margaret Thatcher.

Donald, my husband, considers himself a feminist.

I still consider myself a feminist.

I don't have a problem with being a woman. Women's bodies are so beautiful.

I consider myself a rampant feminist.

Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.

Why am I not feminist? Maybe because I come from a country where my mother ruled my life. I never felt in any way that I couldn't achieve what I want.

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

I'm not a feminist.

I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.

Because of the feminist perspective, we have gotten a view of the world that is distorted.

I am most certainly a feminist.

No one knows what women want!

I feel very strongly that young women have regressed a little bit. But I do get all preachy about it.

Now my mother, interestingly enough, was not a feminist in her own mind.

I grew up in a home where I was literally told from a young age, 'No daughter of mine will ever wash a man's socks,' and I am pleased to say I never have. It was made clear that whatever I wanted to do I should aspire to, regardless of my gender.

I don't know why it's still a taboo to be a feminist.