Maria Echaveste Quotes

Feminists cried, 'Sexism!' when New York Senator Hillary Clinton was judged not by the content of her character but by the color of her pantsuits.

Women often get ignored from main narrative, especially in films.

Women candidates have two unique problems. They have trouble raising money and being taken seriously by the media.

Even though I don't agree with either Sarah Palin or Michele Bachmann on virtually anything, I do think the unique scrutiny - because of their gender and highlighting the potential conflict between them is a product of the media's desire for juicy storylines. I think it's inappropriate.

All of the qualities that you need to be a good opinion columnist tend to be qualities that aren't valued in women.

I hate when I get asked, 'What's it like to be a woman in comics?'

Conservative women in politics run a punishing gauntlet. They endure psychological evaluations and near-gynecological exams their male and liberal counterparts do not.

Most of the women who have offered themselves for public office over the years have done so, I believe, more because of the 'dirt' than in spite of it.

I feel like women are asked their age more than men.

One of the major differences between gender discrimination and Racial or Religious Discrimination is that the with the latter the perpetrators fundamentally recognized that it was based on power offered moral challenges. However, men—the perpetrators of discrimination against women have mostly not even considered the moral aspect of it and perceived it as natural.

I've been lucky. I've been at a place that's a meritocracy. It doesn't really matter that much what your gender is if you do the work well.

Before Hillary-bashing became its own thing, she was subjected to the standard-issue woman-bashing used on every powerful woman in Washington.

I've made a five-minute video on 'The Battering of Hillary Clinton.'

Don't get me started about the media double standard.

Women can better perceive injustice.

People notice if you are black. People notice if you are female. We are certainly not either colorblind or gender-blind in this country, so I'm not suggesting that it isn't a factor. But I think in the final analysis, people will take a look at the positions, and they'll take a look at the issues.

When I governed, the overwhelming mindset of the media was to dismiss out of hand any suggestion that anything happening to me was in any way related to gender.

My mom always had a softer spot for boys, as a lot of Irish women do. If you were a girl, you'd have to sing or wear a pretty dress. But boys could just sit there and be brilliant for sitting there and being boys. It makes you that little bit more forward. Pushy. I was singing, always.

People at the record labels were like, 'We don't want to sign you, you're girls' - sexist, ridiculous nonsense.

When talented, qualified women take on greater responsibility, the simple fact of being talented and qualified is hardly enough to shield them from the gender-specific animosity that will come their way.

I didn't really realise that I was going to have more obstacles because I was a woman. It was never something that I thought about.

At first, being girls got us a lot of attention. But no one would take us seriously.

I think we have some amazing leaders. But then we have some leaders who turn a blind eye to things that contribute negatively to a really difficult culture for women.

Unless the issue of the empowerment of women is addressed, the practice of women being unfairly treated will remain unresolved.

Certainly anyone who complains of sexism is marked down as humourless.