Rasika Dugal Quotes

Men need to understand, and women too, what feminism is really about.

I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.

I am most certainly a feminist.

In the face of patriarchy, it is a brave act indeed for both men and women to embrace, rather than shame or attempt to eradicate, the feminine.

I wouldn't say I'm a feminist, but I don't like girls pretending to be stupid because it's easier.

I get so many questions in interviews about feminism, and I think the second you start separating femininity and masculinity and giving one more power than the other, that's like - everyone is a person.

We're told that to be successful girls, we have to be small and quiet. Yet to be successful humans, we have to become big and have a voice. There's an inherent contradiction.

Well, I don't think of myself as a feminist at all. As soon as we start labeling and categorizing ourselves and others, that's going to shut down the world.

I still consider myself a feminist.

I consider myself a rampant feminist.

What, do you think that feminism means you hate men?

I don't know why it's still a taboo to be a feminist.

Women's issues have always been a part of my life.

I'm very proud of being a woman, and as a woman, I don't even like the word 'feminism' because when I hear that word, I associate it with women trying to pretend to be men, and I'm not interested in trying to pretend to be a man. I don't want to embrace manhood; I want to embrace my womanhood.

If you see everything from the point of view of women being victims in some way, you don't see the wood for the trees. It is better to be a person than a woman.

Women must try to do things as men have tried.

If there's anything the name #MeToo calls to us, it's that there's a lot more dimension to the equality of men and women and the empowerment of women, which also is like the empowerment of men.

Femininity can be a powerful thing.

We had a mother who could have been called a feminist. That's just how we were raised. Why do you have to go sulk off in some corner because you are a girl? What's the big deal?

If you look back at what I believe and what I stand for, I am certainly a proud feminist.

I am a feminist.

Although I often find that the feminist rhetoric - not feminism - can come across as simple-minded, self-regarding, nuance-averse and reductive - biology to physiology, history to psychology, procreation to gynecology, and so on - I have come to realize that we should all be feminists.

My feminism is just part of my being - a part of my understanding of the world.

I talk about feminism being a spectrum.

I don't even know what a feminist is.