Nina Turner Quotes

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

There is this idea that you have to play heroines or women who succeed.

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

I was called a misogynist because I was reducing women to mothers. 'Reducing women to mothers' - now there is possibly the most anti-women statement I've heard.

Every woman is just a different kind of problem.

Would they call me a diva if I were a guy?

So many women characters are extensions of male fantasy.

There are so many double standards that seem to be applied only to female MPs. I've had infinite comments about what I'm wearing when the focus should be on what I'm saying.

I can tell you what women love, and that's when people man-splain things to us about what women want and need.

I was frustrated in general with the way women are always portrayed. And it's always through a man's eyes.

Let's just start with the word 'diva.' It is obviously a sexist slight - a term that is only applied to women, almost always in a derogatory way. It's usually applied to women who are viewed as overly ambitious. It is applied to demanding women, to women who follow their own path.

As a woman, I think Margaret Thatcher felt she had to be ten times more prepared than the men.

In the chapter called "On Being a Woman in Politics," we have to come to grips with the endemic sexism and misogyny. Of course, it's not just in politics. It's in business. We have seen a lot of that coming out of Silicon Valley, and it's in the media, it's in culture. We know that.

Guys pit female rappers against each other because female rappers - if you haven't noticed of late - are a lot more interesting than guys.

After Nancy Pelosi became Speaker, we were told, 'She's the first female speaker of the House, so whether we like it or not, we've got to handle this with kid gloves. Don't go after Speaker Pelosi. You can go after other people, but you'll be branded as mean and evil if you go after the first female Speaker of the House.'

Two phrases I hate in reference to female characters are 'strong' and 'feisty.' They really annoy me. It's the most condescending thing. You say that about a three-year-old. It infantilises women.

The whole world is starting to realize that it was the most unwise thing for our society to have ignored women power, to run the society with male priorities.

We don't have enough young, female antiheroes. We don't accept women as antiheroes the way we do the men.

I think people are frightened of women making big decisions.

I could truly have gone through life thinking that women were these venomous creatures. Turns out, they're not.

I adopted the assumption of many of my generation that women were intellectually inferior to men, that we were not capable of governing, leading, managing anything but our homes and our children.

A high-powered, successful woman doesn't necessarily have the same support behind her that a man in that position would. Plus, she's expected to be a domestic goddess, as well as the best wife, mother, friend, and lover. But it's not just in politics: you see it in acting, too, and in journalism.

It's still about the women. It's not called Desperate Plumber. People are more interested in cat fights.

Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.

As a woman, I know that if I write about another woman, it will be perceived as a catfight.