Eniola Aluko Quotes

It's really hard for a lot of men to have the woman accomplishing more than them.

I do believe that men can be emasculated by successful women. I don't think I'm emasculating. But I have seen the dynamic with men who either don't make money or make less money. It's just not good for them.

I think there are a lot of men who feel they're being emasculated by having the woman be in charge; I've never had that problem.

All my life, it's been the same with men. Being a woman who is famous and adored by men is very hard for any boyfriend to handle. All my boyfriends end up insecure.

In America, nobody's boyfriend wants them to be smarter than he is, and no one wants to admit it.

Show me a frigid women and, nine times out of ten, I'll show you a little man.

I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.

I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It's just a fear of not knowing what women have that's so powerful. It's this shield they put up to try to get closer.

Then you get into it, especially if you start talking about football, fighting and Muhammad Ali. Then the ladies get very bored and start delivering ultimatums.

Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.

There is no such thing as a dangerous woman; there are only susceptible men.

It's hard for a man to live with a successful woman - they seem to resent you so much. Very few men are generous enough to accept success in their women.

If a guy is intimidated by a woman in leadership, he has real problems with his own concepts of masculinity. That's a harsh statement, but I believe it to be true.

Elite athletes learn entitlement. They believe they are entitled to have women serve their needs. It's part of being a man. It's the cultural construction of masculinity.

Among the emasculation men fear most is subordination to women.

Some men feel threatened by the idea of feminism. This comes, I think, from the insecurity triggered by how boys are brought up, how their sense of self-worth is diminished if they are not 'naturally' in charge as men.

While Muslim men describe themselves as insecure in their harems, real or imagined, Westerners describe themselves as self-assured heroes with no fears of women. The tragic dimension so present in Muslim harems - fear of women and male self-doubt - is missing in the Western harem.

I'm too much of a broad; I make men shake in their boots because I have a male dominance in my make-up that makes them feel emasculated.

No man wants to lose to a woman.

The impulse of the American woman to geld her husband and castrate her sons is very strong.

I think that there's a tendency for actors who play strong women to have them take on all the worst characteristics of men, to become cold and detached and hardened.

Men don't avoid successful women because they're jealous; they often do it to avoid being in competition with her next job promotion.

I noticed in the past, a lot of guys who like strong women, they really freak out if you're not strong 24/7. Or they complain about you being strong, then the moment you're not strong, they're like, 'Oh, no, no, no.'

Tim on the show does a lot of that posturing, of course, and feels sort of threatened by women. But even at that, you do see him cooking, and ultimately he's a good father because he spends a lot of time with the boys.

I like a women who's got some balls, some strength. As long as I can beat her at arm wrestling, that's fine.