Zosia Mamet Quotes

Liberation and equal-rights issues notwithstanding, it was a man's job to make a woman feel cherished and respected.

I am a big believer in women's lib, but I love when a man holds a door for me.

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.

I believe women should be feminine.

When going out on a date, I think there are certain old-fashioned manners that I still enjoy. I don't mean that as an anti-feminist comment. I just mean it as a pro-women comment. There must be a place for us to exist and our differences to exist without one taking away from the other.

Even my grandmother would tell me that girls should not wrestle, it's a man's game.

There's a big difference between chauvinism and chivalry.

Too much has already been said and written about women's sphere. Leave women, then, to find their sphere.

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I believe when a woman enters a room, men should stand up - and gay men should stand up at least halfway.

I think there are a lot of rules for women. We have a lot of expectations and a lot of rules for women. So we're expected to march in a straight line, and when we don't, all hell breaks loose.

I grew up in a time when many people believed that men and women should not always be treated equally.

Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected to act like men, we will never be as good at being men as men are.

Many differences are rooted in biology and reinforced through culture, so it's important to acknowledge that. Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected to act like men, we will never be as good at being men as men are.

I don't really believe in rules, but I do like old-fashioned dating where you don't call the guy until he calls you. I don't think it's like he's got to do this and that's the rule.

No one knows what women want!

I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.

I'm from the generation that had the boys' door and the girls' door when you went to school, and you got in big trouble if you went in the wrong one.

Much-derided chick lit, chick flicks, and chick magazines have left ambitious women in a bind. Why is it that I, a young woman, can read 'GQ,' enjoy 'Fight Club,' and subscribe to 'Thrillist,' while the idea of a guy doing the same with 'Glamour,' '27 Dresses' and 'Daily Candy' is nearly unheard of?

Women always go through the door first. Even ardent feminists would admit it's nice. It's not an acknowledgment of women as the weaker sex; it's perhaps an acknowledgment of women as the stronger sex.

Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.

I love if someone invites me to a restaurant, so I don't know if that's a feminist.

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.

No, feminism isn't 'over.' We need it not only to challenge injustice but because the whole gender expectations thing is bad for men, too.

My childhood was as heavily gendered as any you would find in a working-class household in Lincolnshire.

What used to be called 'good manners' is now regarded as mere affectation. Open a door for a young woman, and she's likely to call security.