Shannon Bream Quotes

I do believe that, under the law, under the Constitution of the United States, and under our public policy, that women deserve and should have a right to enjoy equal employment opportunity.

I was a lawyer for 12 years in New York and Sweden.

They may have turned this up, whether you had the Paula Jones case or not. But again maybe not, but again that's like if a frog had side pockets he'd probably wear a handgun.

But the issue of sexual harassment is not the end of it. There are other issues - political issues, gender issues - that people need to be educated about.

Gender discrimination has no place in our workforce.

Women are routinely demeaned, dismissed, discouraged and assaulted. Too many women's careers are stymied or ended because of harassment and abuse. In politics, where I have worked much of my adult life, this behavior is rampant.

The Time's Up movement extends to every college campus and, of course, athletics.

Workplace harassment and gender discrimination exist in all spheres, not just films. I have been lucky enough not to face it, but I don't deny its existence.

The only women who don't believe that sexual harassment is a real problem in this country are women who have never been in the workplace.

Everyone knows about Nana Patekar that he has always been disrespectful towards women.

I wanted to be an attorney all the way up until I was 17.

We should waive fees for those taking equal pay claims; they are our whistleblowers and should be encouraged.

Everything's harder for women: harder to start, to stay employed, to run a life with a family.

The principle behind the Equal Pay Act is that if an individual woman finds a man doing similar work and being paid more she can take her employer to a tribunal and get paid equally and compensated. Sounds simple enough. But in reality this law has been hamstrung by a series of stupid loopholes that have developed over the years.

I've always been a black woman in corporate America. I've faced my share of issues.

I've experienced a lot of sexism in football.

Having more than one legal system running is not a sign of a healthy or inclusive society. It is just one less thing that people have in common.

Funny enough, the most discrimination I've ever gotten as a woman in this industry has been from other women.

My earliest memories are when my father was the attorney general at the height of the Civil Rights Movement. We would go to visit him at the Justice Department and take the tunnel over to the FBI building and watch the sharpshooters at practice.

Women are so policed and devalued and dehumanized when it comes to the work they do.

We all have responsibility to stop violence and discrimination against women, whether it's in our businesses, in our homes, or on our streets.

I don't know how much of the 'casting couch' exists in the industry, as I've not seen it myself. I'm glad that I've not had to.

Fortunately, I have never been a victim of sexual harassment. But there have been instances where I have lost out on work or people have shown disinterest in working with me because I was unwilling to succumb to this unspoken understanding of patriarchy.

Women have to be protected more.

Inclusiveness is expanded by grievance. If I were a mistress, I would not need to fight for my career.