Judy Gold Quotes

I think we're struggling with trying to redefine various positions at this point in history. To allow freedom for women, freedom for men, freedom from those sharply defined gender roles.

What I do know is that traditional gender roles are very real and flipping the norm is difficult for even the strongest, funniest, smartest men.

You should never be put into a mold based on your gender.

I think our society has sort of built this gender binary, and the way we've said it exists does not really exist in nature.

I'm of the opinion that gender is a social construct.

I felt alien my whole life, but I didn't feel alien because of my gender. Other people made me aware of my gender.

I'm an only child, so I never had sisters to tell me what I should like based on my gender. I liked what the boys were doing and thought: 'Why let them have all the fun?'

In the end, I do think it's insulting to men and women to insist that they fit a certain profile. I never understood that.

Some people look gender non-conforming because they want to look that way - they don't want to conform to society's expectations.

There is more difference within the sexes than between them.

As societies continue to loosen their standards regarding what is appropriate female and male behavior, I think we are going to realize we have not only underestimated women, but also men.

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

Girls can wear jeans, cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots, 'cause it's okay to be a boy, but for a boy to look like a girl is degrading.

As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.

I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence.

Men are every bit as gendered as women.

Almost all the ideas we have about being a man or being a woman are so burdened with pain, anxiety, fear and self-doubt. For many of us, the confusion around this question is excruciating.

Feminism isn't about hating men. It's about challenging the absurd gender distinctions that boys and girls learn from childhood and carry into their adult lives.

Clearly, we are not programmed at birth to behave a certain way based on our gender. Instead, we are trained throughout our lives to conform to our gender norms.

I can't write - I can't think like a woman... it's not natural, but I've tried.

Even in 'Victor/Victoria,' there was talk about what it means to be a woman, what it means to be a man. You didn't get that in the old days, in 'Charley's Aunt' or 'Some Like It Hot.'

I've given up trying to convince the world about the authenticity of my femininity.

I think our whole family just never limited ourselves to what anybody expected of us based on our gender. I never grew up that way.

The gender question has always obsessed me.

Men and women are different: we have different tendencies, skills, and behaviors. This should be accepted and fostered, not demonized. Because the end result is simply more effeminate men and more masculine women. Who wants that?