Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Quotes

Modern-era feminists believe that there is no inherent difference in men and women, that it's all the way they're raised.

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.

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

The notion that somehow women are wildly different infuriates me.

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

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

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 never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.

Over the years, the most ponderous problem for women has been that men think that men and women are very different. Another of our massive problems is that women also think that men and women are very different.

A few more years of persistent, faithful work and the women of the United States will he recognized as the legal equals of men.

There are certain restrictive parts of a woman’s constitution that that were given her by nature and which forbid us from applying the same standard of expectation to women as to men.

Differences between male and female should not serve as a subterfuge for denying the human and civil rights that belong to us all … Women, like their male counterparts, should be judged by the law as individuals, not as a class of inferior beings.

Women have to stand up to tremendous discriminatory practices, whether inherited traditions, whether imposed norms, male perceptions of power and control. The women always have to go through that and cannot take any privilege for granted.

You can’t protect women without handicapping them in competition with men. If you demand equality you must accept equality. Women can’t have it both ways.

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians.”

In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued.

Men and women aren't the same. And they won't be the same. That doesn't mean that they can't be treated fairly.

I do believe that men and women are different, and that should be celebrated, but at the same time, I think there's a lot of things girls can do, and do equally, as well. Whether it's fighting for equal pay or just to be treated with respect, it's something I think is really important.

How did it come to be that you think men and women are the same? Well, there's a simple answer to the question: Feminism.

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.

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

I remember becoming aware of women's issues and inequality. It became glaringly clear to me when I was living in America that women are regarded as less intelligent than men.

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.

Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men.

We can't destroy the inequities between men and women until we destroy marriage.