Hanna Rosin Quotes

There's such a stereotype about men and women. Obviously, people think men are faster and stronger and all these other things, and I don't want people to get sucked into that anymore. I want them to realize that the women are out here and doing just as awesome things. They can be just as great, too.

Women feel empowered when they can do the things that are supposed to be only for men, you know? It breaks boundaries, it's liberating, and it's empowering when you feel like, 'Well, I can do that, too.'

I'd like us to deliver a little message to all the men still out there who think it's the '50s, and coming home simply means watching television with a beer.

I still consider myself a feminist.

We women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls' rights, but we must not behave like men, like they have done in the past.

Life is too large to hang out a sign: 'For Men Only.'

Women of this planet need some essential resources: wells, seeds and roads. That is primarily all we have ever needed. Added to that, women need righteous and strong men who will help us to use our most cherished gifts: the ability to multitask and problem solve.

My mom was sarcastic about men. She would tell me Adam was the rough draft and Eve was the final product. She was a feminist minister, an earth mom who wore a bra only on Sundays.

Women have taken on traditionally masculine roles and professions, and there is no real equivalent for men. Men are still extremely reluctant, as we all are reluctant to see them, take on traditionally feminine roles or professions. That is just not something that they do easily.

We all fight over what the label 'feminism' means but for me it's about empowerment. It's not about being more powerful than men - it's about having equal rights with protection, support, justice. It's about very basic things. It's not a badge like a fashion item.

I'm a child of the Women's Movement. I always believed that I could do anything. That women didn't have to be limited in any way.

If women want to be treated equally, then they can't ask for sops and whine about not being treated equally. All I'll say is no guts, no glory for men or women.

Women in my world are respected as much as men.

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

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.

I like being a woman, even in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear the pants.

I hope the fathers and mothers of little girls will look at them and say 'yes, women can.'

Women must try to do things as men have tried.

I think being a feminist is to each her own. It's kind of like asking someone what being a woman means to them. We should all be feminists. We should all want equality.

Girls are capable of doing everything men are capable of doing. Sometimes they have more imagination than men.

Those who used to ask my father to be ashamed of himself for training us in wrestling now say they wish they have daughters like me.

I hope that women know that they can and should try everything they're interested in - with the confidence that men have had.

Despite the gender stereotypes in the '80s, my race-car-driving dad taught me that I could do whatever my brother could.

Our minds are slowly changing and men are taking up larger roles at home, while women are doing the same at the workplace.

I'm an independent woman and a feminist.