Lolo Jones Quotes

Few people realize what a handicap it is to be what people call a beautiful woman. I'm glad, of course, that I don't look like an unmade bed, but too often, I'm just taken at face value. And there aren't many men who believe a beautiful woman can have any brains.

As a woman people judge you on your looks regardless of the fact you're just there to race.

The pretty girls get all the good stuff. Oh, God. So not true. I unlearned this after years of coaching beautiful clients. Yes, these lovelies get preferential treatment in most life scenarios, but there's a catch: While everyone's looking at them, virtually no one sees them.

Because I was the blonde, I was promoted as the video vixen.

I was never offended that people underestimated me because of my appearance or that they thought I was pretty and discouraged me from fighting because they didn't want me to risk hurting my looks.

Constantly there's a credibility issue; you're judged on how you look. If you look good, people assume you aren't credible. It's a battle you'll always fight if you're on TV and a female.

What is frustrating is being told that no matter how hard I've worked, it counts less than my appearance. Although if you're not considered conventionally attractive, that also becomes an issue: you know, you're a feminist because you couldn't get a man.

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

Female comics cannot dress provocatively on stage.

The problem for all women is we're identified by how we look instead of by our heads and our hearts.

People make such a big deal about how people in bands look, especially if you're a girl.

I'm glad you're doing this story on us and not on the WNBA. We're so much prettier than all the other women in sports.

When a man gets up to speak, people listen then look. When a woman gets up, people kook; then, if they like what they see, they listen.

Sometimes because a woman is beautiful, she's not encouraged to be more, although she may have so much more to offer.

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

Because I'm a woman, and I'm petite and blonde, you wouldn't believe how often I'm asked to model the clothes.

A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive.

If somebody says your story is only published because you look nice in the photo, that maybe spurs you on to write.

I think men are allowed to be fat and bald and ugly and women aren't. And it's just not - there is no equality there.

It's all too easy when talking about female gymnasts to fall into the trap of infantilizing them, spending more time worrying more about female vulnerability than we do celebrating female strength.

The only moment I become aware of being the only woman in a meeting is when actresses are being discussed. If someone's critical of how a woman looks, they turn to me and apologize.

In our society, people look at women who are tenacious, smart, attractive, and talented and for whatever reason say, 'There must be something wrong with that equation. She couldn't possibly be all of those things at once.'

You can be too pretty for comedy - man or woman.

I went to a technology conference in Germany, and there were these beautiful, model-like women standing there in front of the products. I asked a question, and she had no clue what the product was. She had to call someone from the back to explain it to me. To me, that's using a woman as an object. To me, that's totally wrong.

Our distorted media culture sees men as subjects and women as objects; in films, Woody Allen gets older and older and still dates 20-year-old babes; movies about women are called 'chick flicks,' and men make fun of them.