Teresita Sy-Coson Quotes

I spent most of my career in business not saying the word 'woman.' Because if you say the word 'woman' in a business context, and often in a political context, the person on the other side of the table thinks you're about to sue them or ask for special treatment, right?

I don't buy this premise that the number of minifigures needs to be an equal amount to be gender neutral. Nobody makes artistic products like that; nobody makes a movie and says there has to be equal numbers of men and women.

This is the first generation where, to any extent, men and women are working together as equals.

There are probably industries where gender is more of an issue, but our industry is not one where I think that's relevant.

Research conducted throughout the world shows gender balance in top positions contributes to improved competitiveness and better business performance.

At a time when efforts are being made to eradicate discrimination between the sexes in the search for social equality and justice, the differences between the sexes are being rediscovered.

I'm not obsessed with the rights of women; it can be a bit excessive. I want to put men and women on an equal footing. I think we are equal but different.

True gender equality in Scotland - and elsewhere - is still some way off.

Half of my employees are women.

I feel that gender balance in the work environment is actually the best recipe for success.

What the government and we in society need to do is to address the issue of gender justice.

To reduce gaps between men and women, we will need to change the way people think, behave, and relate to each other.

I think that the more that we can show onscreen men and women working together side by side with respect for one another, I think that that's a good message for us to be spreading.

There should be no boundaries, no hierarchy, no violence. Men and women are equal.

For the men, they are more of a risk taker, and for the women, they are more nurturing and more details. So the combination of the men and women is very good for business.

We can celebrate how far we've come from our sexist past when women and men are equally represented in the pages of science fiction anthologies.

Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyone's responsibility.

In particular, I want to set a challenge to public bodies and private companies to improve gender balance on their own boards.

I believe if we had half our companies and half our countries run by women, and half our homes run by men, things would be better. We know our companies would be more productive. If you use the full talents of the population, you're more productive. We know our homes would be happier.

Obviously I want to support women, and I believe in women, and I think we should support each other, but we shouldn't go into extremes. Some women can get very aggressive towards men, but we need men and love men, so keeping the right balance is the most important thing.

Many differences are rooted in biology and reinforced through culture, so it's important to acknowledge that. Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected to act like men, we will never be as good at being men as men are.

I have certainly been very front footed about increasing our gender representation at Westpac.

Men and women, women and men. It will never work.

I'm surrounded by very powerful women and very progressive men.

There seem to be more women producers than men.