Judy Blume Quotes

Donald, my husband, considers himself a feminist.

I am a feminist and I have no problems being called that.

I consider myself a feminist living in a post-feminist era.

I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could... That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute, but such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of Master for the more tender and endearing one of Friend.

You can't be a woman and not be a feminist, I don't think. If you care about the world and the world you exist in and your rights.

To be feminist doesn't mean you can't be submissive.

The fact that I ended up married to a decent man is still a source of amazement to me, thanks to 'The Women's Room.'

To be a feminist is to be alive.

While most men don't have first-hand experience with gender-based discrimination, we can still be powerful allies for advancing women's rights. We need to do a better job of listening to women and standing up for what's right, even when it's not popular or comfortable.

Feminism isn't just for women. It's for men.

Men can be feminists.

Young girls getting into feminism.

People say, 'Gee, you don't really do political music.' Well, I sing a lot of songs about how men and women and lovers treat each other, and none of us want to be talked down to or belittled or ignored or disrespected... So I'm proud to be a feminist.

If we're for one another, we're feminists. The rest is semantics.

One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us.

I'm a feminist. God, yes! A bra-burning, building-burning feminist.

What, do you think that feminism means you hate men?

Women have the same privileges and opportunities as men, given the New Testament. Relegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross.

Feminism is not dead, by no means. It has evolved. If you don't like the term, change it, for Goddess' sake. Call it Aphrodite, or Venus, or bimbo, or whatever you want; the name doesn't matter, as long as we understand what it is about, and we support it.

The feminists who are aware of the effects of patriarchy realize that we are all in the same boat from the dangers of patriarchy, and that the oppression of women is universal.

I do consider myself to be a feminist.

I see many more men who are feminist, or at least who have learned about life in the context of feminism.

When you read about the real history of where feminism comes from, it came from a very political point of view. I don't believe in bringing any politics to an idea like feminism. I love the idea that women should be celebrated, but I also believe men should be, too. We need both - yin and yang.

What is the aim of the feminists? Their aim is to achieve the same advantages, the same power, the same rights within capitalist society as those possessed now by their husbands, fathers and brothers. What is the aim of the women workers? Their aim is to abolish all privileges deriving from birth or wealth. For the woman worker it Is a matter of indifference who is the 'master' a man or a woman. Together with the whole of her class, she can ease her position as a worker.

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