Eve Ensler Quotes

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.

Women are strangers in the country of man.

I never say 'nagging.' I think that 'nagging' is a term that men created to get women to pipe down some. But, it's a trap that we've created. We created several terms for women to back you down. Nagging means to stop asking me questions, then we get away with more. I think it's a term men created.

Some boys accepted me, some didn't. And my family had comments made to them. Brazil is still a very macho society, and sports are mainly for boys, so people would say to them: 'What is this girl doing? Why is she always out there in the soccer games with the boys?'

I don't think that women being seen as inferior is a prejudice based on male hatred of women. When you look at history, it's a prejudice based on simple fact.

Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.

Being beautiful is not so fun when you're in a business with all men.

When I started out, there were three things that made film people look at me with condescension, I was young, I was black, and I was female. I have won a certain respect, but I think the film community still sees directing as a male job.

As long as male behavior is taken to be the norm, there can be no serious questioning of male traits and behavior. A norm is by definition a standard for judging; it is not itself subject to judgment.

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.

Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.

If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.

Feminism justified female 'victim power' by convincing the world that we lived in a sexist, male-dominated, and patriarchal world.

The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading.

It is odd there are many movies with many men. But generally movies have one woman, or maybe the older woman and the younger girl.

I was watching something the other day which started out with five guys walking towards you and one woman, and there you go-it's still being dominated by the male society.

My wife tells me I am a male chauvinist pig and I have to sort of admit it. In my office and in my home, I'm not very democratic. I think of myself as a benevolent dictator.

I think a lot of the time in films, men get roles where they create their own destiny and women are just tools, supporters for that.

This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been offered in explanation have seemed adequate.

Men are very tough, very critical of me. I think they expect you to basically just be a picture. They don't want to hear you speak.

There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.

There are so many times that, as a woman in the music industry, you're asked questions no male musician would ever be asked.

Society has always been male; political power has always been in the hands of men.

Party organization matters. When the door of a smoke-filled room is closed, there's hardly ever a woman inside.