Joan Jett Quotes

Who laughs less than feminists?

I think that it's an easy thing to say, that whenever women do stand up, that 'Oh, they must hate men' - and I'm like, 'Well, if you listen carefully, it's actually a lovely tutorial that I wouldn't give to men unless I cared.'

Feminism was a dirty word for a while.

I really don't care what people say. It's amazing that feminism continues to exist at all, considering how much counter-feminism is out there.

It's tragic when people think feminism is a dirty word.

Anyone who hates something feels threatened by it. A guy who says he hates feminism (a) doesn't understand or know feminism, and (b) is scared of powerful women. Most attacks come from fear.

What I really can't stand about the feminist revolution is that it produced some of the smuggest, most unselfcritical people the world has ever seen. They are horrible.

I've been personally attacked for respectfully expressing my take on women's empowerment.

I get letters from people who say, 'What have you got against women?' What could I possibly have against women? I've married three of them.

The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy; nowadays it means rank subversion.

Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!

Feminists don't like me, and I don't like them.

Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their faces are?

The fact remains; chauvinism is prevailing.

Horror stories give us a way of exhausting our emotions around social issues, like a woman's right to an abortion, which I always thought was the core of 'Rosemary's Baby,' or the backlash against feminism which I always thought was the core to 'Stepford Wives.'

The women's movement is taking a different form right now, and it is because it has been so effective and so successful that there's a huge counter movement to try to stop it, to try to divide women from one another, to try to almost foment divisiveness.

Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.

When I hear the words 'Women should be barefoot and pregnant and in the kitchen,' I think, 'What. A. Dream.' There are no negative connotations to it.

I still get blokes who say, 'Oh you hate men, don't you?' And I say, 'No, I just hate you.' I really love doing that, just to see the look on their faces.

Men think a woman should not have an opinion.

One's enemies are always talking about 'post-feminism.' It is a word invented by people who would like to do away with feminism.

It's an amusing idea to some, this feminism thing - this audacious notion that women should be able to move through the world as freely, and enjoy the same inalienable rights and bodily autonomy, as men. At least, that's the impression given when feminism and feminists are all too often the targets of lazy humor.

For years, the feminists thought of me as an army sergeant. I was too macho for them.

People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

I’m furious about the Women’s Liberationists. They keep getting up on soapboxes and proclaiming that women are brighter than men. That’s true, but it should be kept very quiet or it ruins the whole racket.