Kalki Koechlin 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 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.

Women in my world are respected as much as men.

I feel like a feminist is gender equality.

Feminists want to be treated equally until they are.

There should be no boundaries, no hierarchy, no violence. Men and women are equal.

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.

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

Men have not stacked the decks against women.

True gender equality in Scotland - and elsewhere - is still some way off.

Now, since I'm a husband and father, discrimination against women isn't just political, it's personal.

No, feminism isn't 'over.' We need it not only to challenge injustice but because the whole gender expectations thing is bad for men, too.

Some people ask, 'Why the word 'feminist'? Why not just say you are a believer in human rights, or something like that?' Because that would be dishonest. Feminism is, of course, part of human rights in general - but to choose to use the vague expression 'human rights' is to deny the specific and particular problem of gender.

Yes, I believe in equality. But I don't like the word 'feminist,' because it's such a rational belief to think that women are equal to men, and I'm a rational person. You shouldn't be labeled for being reasonable.

Feminism means, basically, are you in favor of equal opportunities for men and women? It's hard to argue with that.

What is feminism? We are just asking for equal opportunities, nothing beyond that. It doesn't mean that you cannot be pretty or you cannot cook or you can't do a whole lot of things. Feminism's got a bad rap; that's it.

Being a feminist is being equal to do what a man do.

It's important to understand that one gender is not superior to the other.

I am not a feminist, I am a humanist.

For me, a feminist is a self-empowered woman who strives to move things forward for not only women but also men in terms of freedom and liberation.

The fact is, there is not now, nor has there ever been in the whole of history, a single country in the world where women have equality with men.

I'm saying the excessive focus on what gender a person is, rather than what they do, does a disservice to women.

We need everyone to be a feminist. Feminism is the fight for the equality of sexes, not for the domination of one sex over another.

Really, feminism is just about equality, and that's all. It's just saying equal rights.

If you ask me what I believe in today, I believe in feminism. I believe that all human beings are equal. I believe that no one has the right to authority over anyone else. Feminism has to do with everything in the world, a vision of how the world can be. I have great doubts about Utopias, but I just keep on thinking there is a better way to live than the way we live now.