Vivienne Westwood Quotes

Men were only made into 'men' with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally 'a man' any more than the woman. He has to be propped up into that position with some ingenuity, and is always likely to collapse.

I just think that culturally, women - we're all human beings - but at least we don't have our masculinity to prove.

I am not metrosexual. I am not macho. I am normal. I don't even wear nail paint.

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.

Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.

Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady.

Men are not supposed to be mysterious. That's what you say about women. But I think men can have a little of it, too.

I think the fallacy is to think that Women's Liberation meant that men and women would become interchangeable. That has not happened, and most men and women would not want it to happen.

Nature makes woman to be won and men to win.

Once upon a time, growing up male gave little boys a sense of certainty about the natural order of things. We had short hair, wore pants, and played baseball. Girls had long hair, wore skirts, and, no matter how hard they tried, always threw a baseball just like a girl.

I have no objection to a man being a man, however masculine that may be.

When I was born, there was a very isolated idea of what it meant to be a man or a woman, and you belonged to one gender or the other.

'I'll be back' always sounded a little girly to me.

Masculine and feminine roles are not biologically fixed but socially constructed.

No lady is ever a gentleman.

It's upsetting to be a man in our society.

I'm an American searching for some sort of parameters, a way of life - I'm looking for a slight formality, for a place where you can never be overdressed.

Women and men grow up with both sexes. Our mothers and fathers mean a lot to us, so it's just a question of finding a balance between their influences. I've found mine. And it tends to be more on the male side. I mean male side the way we understand it in the West.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

What is the most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.

A woman simply is, but a man must become.

In Georgia, apparently, men are men and women are women - at least in their folk dance.

A woman can laugh and cry in three seconds and it's not weird. But if a man does it, it's very disturbing. The way I'd describe it is like this: I have been allowed inside the house of womanhood, but I feel that they wouldn't let me in any of the interesting rooms.

For men, being too put-together implies femininity.

People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected.