Ani DiFranco Quotes

I remember becoming aware of women's issues and inequality. It became glaringly clear to me when I was living in America that women are regarded as less intelligent than men.

There is no denying that we have made great progress toward gender equality.

In my personal life I'm not very tough at all, but in my professional life, having to deal with being a woman in a man's world, I'm really tough. I never back down from a fight or an argument. I'm willing to stand there toe to toe with anyone.

In a world not made for women, criticism and ridicule follow us all the days of our lives. Usually they are indications that we are doing something right.

I'm a huge supporter of women. What I'm not is a supporter of liberalism. Feminism is what I oppose. Feminism has led women astray. I love the women's movement — especially when walking behind it.

When I started working in a feminist feminine magazine all my life was about rebelling against male authority, which is authority in general is male, so it was rebelling against everything. Everything that was around me made me angry.

As women, you have to negotiate your way through a man's world.

Women have come a long way, but it never fails to sadden me when I see younger women saying we have to overcome some obstacles.

I listen to feminists and all these radical gals - most of them are failures. They've blown it. Some of them have been married, but they married some Casper Milquetoast who asked permission to go to the bathroom. These women just need a man in the house. That's all they need. Most of the feminists need a man to tell them what time of day it is and to lead them home. And they blew it and they're mad at all men. Feminists hate men. They're sexist. They hate men - that's their problem.

The women can always choose the patriarchal models, and you end up with a Margaret Thatcher.

I don't have a problem with being a woman. Women's bodies are so beautiful.

I consider myself a rampant feminist.

It's such a male-dominated industry. You can be a feminist, it's just difficult because it sometimes comes back at you.

The thing I can say about Japan is they were progressive for a country that is very male dominant.

I don't think women in India are vulnerable.

Being a woman in a male-dominated industry sort of sucks, but it doesn't suck any more than being a woman in the world. My advice? Be terrifying.

The world is still sexist.

There's many women now who think, 'Surely we don't need feminism anymore, we're all liberated and society's accepting us as we are'. Which is just hogwash. It's not true at all.

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.

The men resent a woman getting any honour in what they consider is essentially their field. Men painters mostly despise women painters. So I have decided to stop squirming, to throw any honour in with Canada and women.

The biggest battle that I have is being a woman in the world. That takes center stage for me.

We are still living with a double standard. I know it. Every woman I know knows it, whether you're in the media as a woman, or you're in the professions or business or politics.

American women don't need to be lectured about values by men in Washington.

Women must try to do things as men have tried.

To conclude that women are unfitted to the task of our historic society seems to me the equivalent of closing male ideas to female facts.