Allison Schroeder Quotes

It becomes tricky if you ever try to partition off what might be seen as sexist criticism. To be honest, I just don't engage. The best way I can rebel against those notions is being competent, good at my job.

I am a woman. I write SF. And it's not acceptable to treat me as anything less than an equal. I won't stand for it.

I want men to stop calling me a queen and treating me like an imbecile.

They won't take you seriously because you are a girl. These guys had to understand that you are just as tough as them, and you have to take them on.

Being taken seriously as a young woman is the biggest hurdle as I grow older.

We had so many obstacles. We had a lot of sexism and misogyny, there's a lot of things that were against us. But we've just pushed forward and we showed everybody.

Some of the perceptions from my professors were that I was less than or that I wouldn't be able to compete or wouldn't be able to meet the same bar as my peers. I don't want that for my daughter or for any of the girls who come into our program.

How insulting is it to suggest the best thing women can do is raise other people to do incredible things?

There are some people who still feel threatened by strong women. That's their problem. It's not mine.

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.

I'm beginning to think I have two years encountering sexism without really realising it.

... to say that men are the only ones who can have this experience is ludicrous, and to say that for these reasons: "there will never be any really great women writers in the theatre," is equally funny because as a rule women know not only what men know but much that men will never know.”

Women absolutely deserve respect.

If you're going into finance, you might be dealing with a lot of sexism and a lot of alpha behavior. How are you going to deal with that? How are you going to feel powerful and comfortable with being who you are?

When you're female working in a male-dominated industry, there are unfortunately extra things you need to do - for example, couch opinions in a way that sounds palatable and not threatening. That's a skill I developed.

I feel like there is a lot of homophobia and misogyny in the music business, and I feel like I've gotten to a place where I've broken down a lot of those doors.

I have to break down the barriers as a female. I have to work 30 times harder just for respect.

Women are capable of accomplishing just as much as men are but aren't always given the same attention and opportunity.

Micro sexism can grow into a much greater problem.

In film business or any business, for that matter, there are people with different mindsets. Some would be compassionate and respectful, some might just be the womaniser, but how can we generalise that? That is wrong, I guess... That way, in a male-dominating society, shining is tough for women.

I hope that people realise pitting two women against each other is just silly.

You have to work hard as a woman for people to take you seriously.

I never had a problem with the people I was close to because I was playing football with them, and they knew I could play. It didn't matter that I was a girl.

I've been called pushy and aggressive and all the negative words that are rarely applied to men with the same traits. But it doesn't bother me.

I try to not assume things are sexism. I'm trying to be good natured about why things are happening.