Jacinda Ardern Quotes

I believe I've always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn't do something because I was a girl.

I've spent my life arguing for greater respect between men and women and anyone who takes the time to read my books or listen to my lectures will realise this.

It's important to understand that one gender is not superior to the other.

Sexism is part of every industry and must be addressed. But I try not to focus on the negative but the positive side of what we can bring.

I never saw gender as a barrier.

I believe it's on everyone - men and women - to knock down stereotypes and outdated assumptions.

Today, it's about gender equality, not neutrality. Anyone who doesn't agree would be a bit of an idiot.

I consider myself to be a feminist. My hope and goal is that I'm going to raise two very strong independent women that won't need anybody, unless they chose that. I want them to be mistresses of their own destiny. But I don't judge people on the other end of that spectrum either.

If we just allowed women and men more leeway in our culture and more acceptance, I think they would be able to make better compromises.

I believe in a man and a woman being equal. I really believe that we can do anything we set our minds to.

I have no prejudice against male or female.

I'm a child of the Women's Movement. I always believed that I could do anything. That women didn't have to be limited in any way.

I don't think there is anything a man can do that a woman cannot do.

Some men think that if you're empowered and sure of yourself then you're a man-hater, but it's like, 'No, I'm just the same as you are, but maybe just a tiny bit more confident.'

I've always felt heroic about my life... As a child, I remember little girls in the playground moaning about how boys could do more than they could. I didn't think that was the case at all. My parents didn't treat me as a girl.

Whoever it is who's filtering stuff makes it seem like women want to be more than men. My understanding... is that we're asking to be treated the same.

Bumble is about equality. We are reverse-engineering traditional societal norms.

I would always stand up for women, but I don't want women's rights and all that sort of thing. I love to have men around, and I suppose if you're a true feminist, you get on and do it yourself. I love it when someone says, 'I'll get your coat' or, 'I'll look after you', or offers you a seat on the bus. I'm thrilled to bits. I'm not a feminist.

My general idea of the world is that I'm not different at all because I'm a girl. So I get blindsided sometimes because I forget that that's a thing.

I never used gender as my crutch. Many women don't use gender as a crutch.

Men and women aren't the same. And they won't be the same. That doesn't mean that they can't be treated fairly.

I'd never write off a whole sex.

I am the dictionary definition of feminist in that I believe women are equal to men. People sometimes use the word for different meanings and it is important to understand that feminism at its core is really is just believing that everyone is equal and should have the same rights. We are all beautiful women, we are still in the fight for equal pay, and we don't need to fight each other.

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.

I consider myself a rampant feminist.