Huma Qureshi Quotes

Everyone has been discriminated against or harassed - sexism is real.

My experiences with gender bias are probably the norm. What I found was that expectations of women were simply lower, and this resulted in being overlooked for certain opportunities.

There are still people who have an issue working with a woman director. Women can be viewed as 'difficult' even though they work in the same way as men.

There are so many times that, as a woman in the music industry, you're asked questions no male musician would ever be asked.

This is why it’s so hard for women to publicly accuse men of predatory actions. The victims are perceived as dramatizing and self-important. They risk not being believed. Or getting blamed. Or having crimes investigated improperly. Or being called selfish, mendacious. Women suffer automatic credibility deficits when leveling such accusations, while men enjoy “himpathy,” -- the “excessive sympathy sometimes shown toward male perpetrators of sexual violence.

Feminists cried, 'Sexism!' when New York Senator Hillary Clinton was judged not by the content of her character but by the color of her pantsuits.

I'm used to seeing women being degraded, slut shamed, harassed for what they look like. Even the most powerful women in the world are measured by their appearance and constantly ridiculed for it.

I've experienced a lot of sexism in football.

A good way to vilify women is by attacking their sexuality.

Age-shaming women is abhorrent.

I've been called pushy and aggressive and all the negative words that are rarely applied to men with the same traits. But it doesn't bother me.

Workplace harassment and gender discrimination exist in all spheres, not just films. I have been lucky enough not to face it, but I don't deny its existence.

Is there discrimination against women? Yes, like the old boys' network. And sometimes discrimination against women becomes discrimination against men: in hazardous fields, women suffer fewer hazards.

Being a gal, people can be a bit patronizing. 'Oh, look at you using the computer.' They would never say that to a boy. And I don't let them do it to me.

Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt.

Men can be men and still get excited about other men kicking a ball around and they're never mocked, whereas it's easy for women to take mocking on board, to be belittled. Because we're used to it.

Being beautiful is not so fun when you're in a business with all men.

When men cut jobs, they're seen as decisive. When women do, they're vindictive.

You think once you've shown what you can do, and your movies have been successful, that snap, you work. So to discover the difference between guys' roles and girls' roles made me plain mad. It's unjust.

Society certainly encourages women to be victims in every way.

All of the qualities that you need to be a good opinion columnist tend to be qualities that aren't valued in women.

I hate when I get asked, 'What's it like to be a woman in comics?'

I believe that sexism in tech is a real problem.

I think all industries are sexist in nature and I don't think the film industry is any different.

Hollywood can be hard on women, but it did not cause my problems.