Jenny Zhang Quotes

We must be very careful when we say that somebody giving you compliments about your looks should be offensive. I think women really should look at why they're being offended by that.

Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?

Men are even afraid to say, 'You look nice,' or, 'You look pretty,' when you come out of hair and makeup to walk on set. And before, men would constantly - producers would constantly say things, but that's kind of a way that they would butter the actresses up and make them feel secure.

In social settings, under the guise of joking, being collegial, flirting, or having a good time, I undoubtedly caused some women to question themselves, retreat, feel alone, and worry they can't be their authentic selves.

I can tell you what women love, and that's when people man-splain things to us about what women want and need.

He wouldn't talk to me for two months. I was like, 'What an ass**le.' Actors are used to getting their way and to treating women like objects. "[on Wesley Snipes after she reports he made unreturned passes at her]

Violence against women is real and something I feel passionately about, and the gateway to all that is wolf whistling. It's allowing a man to impose his will on a woman who is just trying to walk down the street and live her life. It's all about unwanted versus wanted attention, and, of course, there's a fine line.

I used to think that the worst form of discrimination for women was being hit on or hearing something disparaging. What's even more challenging for young women is a very senior male who will take an interest in you, who see themselves as father figures or mentors.

I understand, as the young, attractive woman in film, that there's always going to be people seeking out extra salacious things for you to do.

Once, power was considered a masculine attribute. In fact, power has no sex.

I really detest movies like 'Indecent Proposal' and 'Pretty Woman' because they send a message to women that sleeping with a rich man is the ultimate goal and really that's such a small part of it.

I used to cry myself to sleep wishing I was ugly because of the way men leered at and disrespected me.

If you're a woman and a guy's ever said anything romantic to you, he just left off the second part that would have made you sick if you could have heard it.

Feminism isn't simply about being a woman in a position of power. It's battling systemic inequities; it's a social justice movement that believes sexism, racism and classism exist and interconnect, and that they should be consistently challenged.

If only every man who sees my films did not get the impression he can make love to me, I would be a lot happier.

I especially don't want men coming up to me and asking if sexism still exists. It's like, I'm seriously gonna barf a McDonald's salad on the next person to do that.

It was not easy to get to where I am. My challenge is to learn to deal with the jokes that are common among men that I heard and continue to hear sometimes among men.

I've been getting chatted up by men ever since I was 14.

All women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols.

I'll do shoes for the lady who lunches, but it would be, like, a really nasty lunch, talking about men.

Sometimes women feel uncomfortable when men stare at them when they try on shoes.

Too often, women are portrayed in two ways: as prizes to be won by men or as damsels in distress.

As long as I play ball, I can get any woman I want.

'Sexy' doesn't have to come with the price tag of being dumb.

In many ways, when you're young and sexy, it's very annoying to be whistled at and to have someone always trying to attract your attention, but now when it happens I find myself registering the fact almost warmly.