Joie Lee Quotes

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.

The natural ambition of woman is through marriage to climb up, leaning upon a man; but those days are gone. You shall be great without the help of any man, just as you are.

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; I am your friend, but never your possession.

For a modern woman it is important to be supported and that there is equality in every aspect, and that it's not two halves that make a whole - it's two wholes that make a whole.

Feminism is the ability to choose what you want to do.

Until women learn to want economic independence, and until they work out a way to get this independence without denying themselves the joys of love and motherhood, it seems to me feminism has no roots.

My wife needs her freedom just like me.

My wife is Dutch and very independent. She never wanted or needed to be married.

The idea of perfect womanhood is perfect independence.

I am not an ux. I am a person and a woman. I am not appended to my husband. We are just married.

I bleed feminism. I get equal pay to my male costars on a big show; I have my own home. I'm as independent as you could possibly be.

One of the things I have always said about the man-woman relationship is that I don't want anybody to walk ahead of me, and I don't want anybody to walk behind me. I want a man who will walk along beside me. And that's how I feel about equal rights.

I handle my home beautifully. However, I am not just my husband's name.

My parents always told me that we won't get you married until you are independent. Women have always been celebrated in my house.

I consider myself to be a feminist. My hope and goal is that I'm going to raise two very strong independent women that won't need anybody, unless they chose that. I want them to be mistresses of their own destiny. But I don't judge people on the other end of that spectrum either.

My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable to stand alone.

I really don't advise a woman who wants to have things her own way to get married

Women are not children. We are not fragile little birds who can't cope with jokes, works of art, or controversial speakers.

…proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.

I regard the rights of men and women equal. In Love's fair realm, husband and wife are king and queen, sceptered and crowned alike, and seated on the self-same throne.

I am a woman of the 21st Century who is self-assured and speaks my mind.

If a woman wants to take her husband's name, that's her choice, and I still think she can be feminist while doing that.

My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do.

Does being a feminist mean that I believe that I'm as good as any man? Yes.