Anna Quindlen Quotes

It is rather ironic that society denies women certain rights under the pretext that they are emotional beings, and may become irrational when under pressure, while resorting to the emotions argument as an excuse for men's behaviour in honour crimes.

It's very odd that we have such an easy relationship to violence in this country, and we're still shocked by the female figure.

Unfortunately, the belief that women are a minority is endemic in most cultures around the world. Obviously some take it to the extreme where violence against women is legal and supported and in other cultures it is more subversive and easy to dismiss as "progress."

I think women, we are very interesting. We have a lot to say, and sometimes it's frustrating how all the lead parts are for men.

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.

Push the envelope too far as a female artist, and you may only earn an ocean of ink expressing concern for your delicate constitution, amounting to a caution against playing on traditionally male wavelengths.

The country has double standards - it's obsessed with fair skin on one hand, but if the woman is white, she is expected to be loose-moraled.

Our culture hasn't stopped objectifying women. We - men and women both - are just getting better at pretending it's not happening.

I had run other people's campaigns. I had been doing political activities for a decade before I ever ran for office myself. That is so much the experience of women of my generation. We always feel as though we have to bring so much more to the table, and that never stops the guys.

Women face a very, very difficult time when they run for higher elected office, unfortunately, especially against a guy like Donald Trump.

When men are oppressed, it's a tragedy. When women are oppressed, it's tradition.

I'm feminist in that I believe that there should be equality between men and women. I get deeply frustrated on a daily basis by the enormous gender divide in the U.S. literary world. But I don't know how to deal with it, so I don't tend to say much about it.

There is plenty of room in the world for mediocre men but there is no room for mediocre women.

the position of women, that sad and well-nigh universal blot on civilizations, was never far from her mind.

The truth is even though we sort of feel like we have equal rights in America, right under the surface we have huge issues at play that really do affect women. It's time for all the women in America and all the women that love women and all the gay people and the people of color that we've all fought for to fight for us now.

Obviously the most oppressed of any oppressed group will be its women

Even in the first world, expectations are not as high for women as they are for men. We get that message subtly, but in the third world, it isn't subtle. Girls are isolated and encouraged not to talk to one another.

There's a long, long history of women suffering abuse, injustice, and not having the same opportunities as men, and I think that's been very detrimental to the human race as a whole.

Moral responsibility is what is lacking in a man when he demands it of a woman.

Luckless is the country in which the symbols of procreation are the objects of shame, while the agents of destruction are honored! And yet you call that member your pudendum, or shameful part, as if there were anything more glorious than creating life, or anything more atrocious than taking it away.

Women can say anything they want to men, or blacks to whites, with impunity. But strong words in the other direction can bring down on students the wrath of the campus thought police - as well as punishments that can extend to suspension or expulsion.

In spite of what Thomas Jefferson wrote, all men may be created equal, but not to all women.

It cannot be doubted that in most countries today women, in comparison to men, still remain underprivileged.

Tradition sometimes excludes the girl child from inheriting; or single women may not want to be perceived as pursuing too much property. The law has come a long way in favor of the woman, but it is the tradition, the attitudes, that we often have to fight.

Gender inequality is not one problem, it's a collection of problems.