Sarah Gavron Quotes

I think it was Elisabeth Shue who said that if you start a movie with a woman seen through a man's eyes, that woman is objectified by him throughout.

There's nothing wrong with looking at a woman's kneecaps.

We know in our society, women are valued for their sexual desirability and not necessarily for what they have to say.

If actors can show their abs, why can't women show their bikini bods?

You can't say that we need to give women more roles, and then when we do, say that they're only there because men want to look at them.

Women are inherently told their bodies are objects, so that's how we treat them.

I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. That's what our purpose is in this business. You're merchandised, you're a product. You're sold and it's based on sex. But that's okay. I think women should be empowered by that, not degraded.

For a while, I was nervous about portraying women because of the objectification that automatically comes with it, whether the artist intends or not.

It would have been very easy for me to put on a little tight skirt and go out and try what I always call the 'Barbie doll' roles.

I personally find the ideas that girls need to cover their shoulders in school a little bit strange... when we're telling girls, you know, 'You have to cover your shoulders because otherwise you're a distraction to other people in your class,' probably something is wrong.

All women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols.

Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day.

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

Most of the women in film are there to be beautiful to the man.

Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?

I don't agree with beauty contests. I did it one time. It wasn't embarrassing being Wonder Woman; it was embarrassing walking around on stage in a bikini. It was ridiculous, stupid, and humiliating.

Every woman is just a different kind of problem.

The roles I used to be cast for were typically objectified women, so I was always being shown or spoken about through the lens of the guy.

I was groomed as a so-called sex symbol, a rival to Marilyn Monroe, and from then on, whenever my picture appeared in paper, it was 'sex kitten,' 'sex symbol,' 'sex goddess,' 'sex pot.' I've accepted it, and I'm flattered, but in some ways, it's been a hindrance to me because I haven't been able to be taken seriously as an actress.

I think that idea of 'because I'm sexy, I'm a feminist' is kind of immature. But as long as women think being sexy is what makes them beautiful and powerful... then it will continue.

I think people just don't respect women's bodies in general, the bodies of women of color in general.

Women's bodies have always been used as a spectacle and objectified.

I'm not an ardent feminist - well, maybe I am an ardent feminist. I just roll my eyes at the way women are constantly used and how sensitive men are about photographs of themselves.

I always joke that I'm a feminist with a boob job.

I've done shows before where it's supposed to be about the women, and then it quickly turns out it isn't.