Walt Whitman Quotes

I am absolutely not a feminist, I am against stupidity, and if it comes from males or females, it doesn't change anything. If it means that women and men, they are equal, then OK, certainly I am a feminist.

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.

No, I have never wanted to be a man. I have often wanted to be more effective as a woman, but I have never felt that trousers would do the trick!

I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men.

What, do you think that feminism means you hate men?

I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.

In the face of patriarchy, it is a brave act indeed for both men and women to embrace, rather than shame or attempt to eradicate, the feminine.

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.

When you say 'revolution' when you have only men outside, you know that something is going wrong. I'm not like a hardcore feminist, but I think that one of the things that makes the society advanced is equality between men and women. If half of the society is oppressed by the other half, it's not fine.

Women in my world are respected as much as men.

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior: she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying the male's superiority.

Feminists want to be treated equally until they are.

I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.

Women's liberation is the liberation of the feminine in the man and the masculine in the woman.

I'd say I am partial to women.

I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals.

I grew up in a time when many people believed that men and women should not always be treated equally.

Our daughters were coming of age during a rising consciousness about gender equality. Throughout their school years - from kindergarten through graduate school, 1972 to 1992 - women were starting to take their places in areas traditionally reserved mostly for men.

For blacks in our society, victimization may be a true issue. But it isn't a true issue for women. Neither men nor women are victimized. The true issue, that I try to point out, is that both sexes suffer restricted roles.

Men need to understand, and women too, what feminism is really about.

I want my books to force readers to recognise the fact that a woman is a human being just like them.

We need to see men and women as equal partners, but it's hard to think of movies that do that. When I talk to people, they think of movies of forty-five years ago! Hepburn and Tracy!

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

In Sweden, there's a lot of talk of gender equality. That discussion isn't as prevalent in the U.S. I feel that successful American women are tougher than Swedish women - they create their space.

I wouldn't call myself a feminist, because I think there are differences between men and women.