Teena Marie Quotes

There are always women who will take men on their own terms. If I were a man I wouldn't bother to change while there are women like that around.

He’s worth fighting for, but I won’t change who I am for any man. No more than he should alter himself to suit me.

Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; I am your friend, but never your possession.

I look for a man who respects my womanhood and doesn't make me feel like I have to be a stereotype. Like a housewife.

We women are fools to do so much for the man we love. And we forget to stand for ourselves.

Men must be stripped of arrogance and women must become independent for any mutually nurturing alliance to endure between the sexes.

I never wanted to be a trophy wife. I wanted to make it on my own. I didn't want to depend on a man.

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the headline: If you're insecure, don't call.

There was a time when men thought it was sexy to have a housewife waiting for him to come home from work in her slippers, but in modern society, I think an independent woman is even more sexy.

I would rather take the role and work and make my own money and self respect than to have sex with someone who has a lot of money.

I love being a wife and homemaker - because it's my choice. My husband doesn't expect me to do it. I don't mind doing things for him because he does so much for me; we both feel that way so there is no power struggle.

But I've been there and done that. I'm not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody wants me to come, if they can afford what I ask, it's not as much as Madonna makes; not that I want what Madonna makes, but I was saying.

I am not a snowflake. I am not a sweet, infantilising symbol of fragility and life. I am a strong, fierce, flawed adult woman. I plan to remain that way, in life and in death.

For a modern woman it is important to be supported and that there is equality in every aspect, and that it's not two halves that make a whole - it's two wholes that make a whole.

If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it's that I've never been a kept woman.

My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.

Until women learn to want economic independence, and until they work out a way to get this independence without denying themselves the joys of love and motherhood, it seems to me feminism has no roots.

They tell me that it will be hard to find a man strong enough to love my own strength and independence, and not worry about being Mr. Diana Ross, but I disagree. I know absolutely that that man is somewhere out there.

Little girls are taught to be dependent, incapable of valuing themselves in many aspects of their daily lives.

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.

I have never had a man give me money. I've always been the provider. I have always been the one who went out and earned, and I've never felt unequal in that way.

I've been accused of being too flexible, too willing to mold myself to men, and that's something I'm constantly working on.

I'm not totally innocent, and I do date. But as a young woman, I also demand respect.

I bleed feminism. I get equal pay to my male costars on a big show; I have my own home. I'm as independent as you could possibly be.