Mary Daly Quotes

Patriarchy is like the elephant in the room that we don't talk about, but how could it not affect the planet radically when it's the superstructure of human society.

Women have to stand up to tremendous discriminatory practices, whether inherited traditions, whether imposed norms, male perceptions of power and control. The women always have to go through that and cannot take any privilege for granted.

You see, feminists don't really like to define the Patriarchy. They prefer to keep it nebulous and amorphous so they can conveniently blame it for everything that goes wrong in their lives. Not being paid enough? Patriarchy! Not getting a promotion? Patriarchy! Too many catcalls? Patriarchy! Too few catcalls? Patriarchy!

Patriarchy is a fundamental imbalance underlying society And it's one we rarely address because it's so universal. But as I get older, I see that peace is a product of balance.

The thing I can say about Japan is they were progressive for a country that is very male dominant.

The male sex still constitute in many ways the most obstinate vested interest one can find.

I was watching something the other day which started out with five guys walking towards you and one woman, and there you go-it's still being dominated by the male society.

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.

If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.

Many women do not recognize themselves as discriminated against; no better proof could be found of the totality of their conditioning.

I get quite disappointed that we're still telling stories that I think are problematic in terms of what they're saying about women.

There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that is ruled by men.

I remember becoming aware of women's issues and inequality. It became glaringly clear to me when I was living in America that women are regarded as less intelligent than men.

Usually when you see females in movies, they feel like they have these metallic structures around them, they are caged in by male energy.

A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the pattern of man's advance in the professions, or by refusing to compete with man at all.

I don't think that women being seen as inferior is a prejudice based on male hatred of women. When you look at history, it's a prejudice based on simple fact.

Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.

One of the things I haven't been ready for is how male-dominated the music industry is. I just didn't have a clue.

As long as male behavior is taken to be the norm, there can be no serious questioning of male traits and behavior. A norm is by definition a standard for judging; it is not itself subject to judgment.

When anything goes, it's women who lose.

I AM a male chauvinist. Who's been saying otherwise?

Men have not stacked the decks against women.

Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.

In any film, there are 10 male roles for 1 female role, especially in the action films. They're heavy with the guys.

Whether it's repro rights, violence against women, or just plain old vanilla sexism, most issues affecting women have one thing in common - they exist to keep women 'in their place.' To make sure that we're acting 'appropriately,' whatever that means.