Faith Salie Quotes

An executive producer with an all-male writing staff once inadvertently revealed his deep, dark fear. While discussing a full-time position for me, he mused out loud, 'I wonder if having a woman in the room will change everything.' Of course, what he really meant was: 'I wonder if having a woman in the room will change me.'

Sexism is not the fault of women - kill your fathers, not your mothers.

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.

Men are very tough, very critical of me. I think they expect you to basically just be a picture. They don't want to hear you speak.

I've definitely had my struggles with the male species, as I'm sure most girls have.

When women do take on traditionally male subjects, certain male colleagues can seem affronted that a woman has dared to trespass on their subject. I could given you dozens of examples, but here's one: Max Hastings's review in the 'Sunday Times' in 2009 of Miranda Carter's book 'The Three Emperors'.

I've always been sure of my vision, but I've been in meetings where men have been talking about me like I'm not there... I've been told I should be a certain way, and I wondered if that would have been the case if I was a man.

It's a man's world, and you men can have it.

I don't think that women being seen as inferior is a prejudice based on male hatred of women. When you look at history, it's a prejudice based on simple fact.

Men explain things to me, still. And no man has ever apologized for explaining, wrongly, things that I know and they don't. Not yet, but according to the actuarial tables, I may have another fortysomething years to live, more or less, so it could happen. Though I'm not holding my breath.

The most casual examination will reveal the fact that all the jokes about the horrible results of masculine cooking and sewing are written by men. It is all part of a great scheme of sex propaganda.

As long as male behavior is taken to be the norm, there can be no serious questioning of male traits and behavior. A norm is by definition a standard for judging; it is not itself subject to judgment.

I AM a male chauvinist. Who's been saying otherwise?

Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.

If I have any sexist feelings they are aimed at men: I hate manly men.

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women.

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.

I think basically most men are misogynistic.

I'm quite a chauvinistic person.

Besides the physical strains I realized men can be pigs to women even when it's a man dressed as one.

Most men somewhere in their psyche are still dragging women around by their hair. It's terrible. I have two daughters, but even before my kids were born I always thought that it was terrible.

The anger that appears to be building up between the sexes becomes more virulent with every day that passes. And far from women taking the blame... the fact is that men are invariably portrayed as the bad guys. Being a good man is like being a good Nazi.

I'm almost numb to misogyny at this point. It's just everywhere.

On the whole, I have quite a low opinion of men.

I'm not sexist in any way - sexism is another form of violence, and there are many great men in this world.