St. Vincent Quotes

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.

In this society, if a man is called a woman, that's the biggest insult he could get. Is that because women are considered something less?

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 always say that bad women are fewer than men, but when you get one, they're fascinating because they're so rotten.

Every time a male coach berates his players by referring to them as “ladies” or tells them to “hike their skirts” while playing, we’re perpetuating an atmosphere where women are not men’s equals.

I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.

Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?

There's still prejudice and that resistance regarding women, not only on female football but in various activities. Men think that women are a bit fragile to perform some types of activities or don't have the ability and aren't strong enough.

In the end, I do think it's insulting to men and women to insist that they fit a certain profile. I never understood that.

There aren't good roles for women: the female parts aren't developed: the women are serving the men.

When women are in positions of power it's a hard place to be, especially when that position involves bossing men around.

In a lot of TV shows out there, the women are the weak ones, and the men are the strong ones.

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.

I think where men are credited for being strong, women are divas. I just think it's such a cop out.

I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about men, ditto. And all the variants of men and women, beasts and demons.

'Men don't cry!' 'Women can't handle money!' What limiting ideas to live with.

Women are often expected to be more amiable or more pleasing or more submissive than men generally.

There are certain things women are better at than men.

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

Both men and women are really vast and boundless and yet in many films we're told that they're not. We're told they can only be one thing - like handsome and charming and that's it. Nothing more.

When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho.

Over the years, the most ponderous problem for women has been that men think that men and women are very different. Another of our massive problems is that women also think that men and women are very different.

Men are every bit as gendered as women.

In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they might be considered only women.

Most men are very attached to the idea of being male, and usually experience a lot of fear and insecurity around the idea of being a man. Most women are very identified with their gender, and also experience a tremendous amount of fear and insecurity.