Lou Doillon Quotes

I am a liberated woman. And I do believe if a woman does equal work she should be paid equal money. But personally I am feminine and I do like male authority to lean on.

Our culture has created two almost irreconcilable descriptions of a 'good woman.' The first is the individual achiever; the second, the self-sacrificing domestic goddess.

I'm not big on women looking naive.

Most women seem to be required to pit themselves against men in dramatic situations, and the men got to pit themselves against ideas or God.

I'm a woman who was raised to believe that you are not complete unless you have a man. Well, in some ways it's true. I am a feminist to a point. But I'm not going to deny the fact that I love to be with men.

This is the problem today. Men and women have switched places. The woman now acts more like the man.

Women have taken on traditionally masculine roles and professions, and there is no real equivalent for men. Men are still extremely reluctant, as we all are reluctant to see them, take on traditionally feminine roles or professions. That is just not something that they do easily.

All women like to look up to their men.

We try to do too many things that used to be in the men's domain, and we try to do them like men's. I'm a prude - I guess you can tell that - but I think, 'Why would you do that?'

It is probably true to say that the largest scope for changes still lies in men's attitude to women, and in women's attitude to themselves

It's a misogynistic world. It's because of what we ask of actresses. We ask them to be sensitive, fragile, desirable. And men? We ask them to be strong and virile.

Some men feel threatened by the idea of feminism. This comes, I think, from the insecurity triggered by how boys are brought up, how their sense of self-worth is diminished if they are not 'naturally' in charge as men.

I grew up in a very patriarchal family. And I believe that I like being a woman. I act behaving like a woman.

I don't know what I am if I'm not a woman.

I think a woman can have all of the ideas and mental pictures. She can be a real planner and a motivator. But in the end, I think a woman does best when she responds to a man.

Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.

I hate men who are in touch with their feminine side.

I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.

What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.

One of the few ways in which I feel I've actually matured is that as I've grown older I do find the concept of 'men' mystifying, whereas when I was a feisty young thing I was forever saying 'The most fun part of being a feminist is frightening men!'

Over my lifetime, women have demonstrated repeatedly that they can do anything that men can do, while still managing traditional women's work at the same time. But the same expansion of roles has not been available to men.

I'm sorry, but chick fights are sexy. If you don't think so, you're either an uptight woman or a lying man.

Men haven't changed their behaviour, so women somehow have to be strengthened to be able to ward off the men.

No matter how many feminist tracts you read, you never forget what boys like.

Really, in a way, I took over the male role.