Ory Okolloh Quotes

Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.

They had always told me that I wrote like a man.

Why does everyone cling to the masculine imagery and pronouns even though they are a mere linguistic device that has never meant that God is male?

I find it to be easier to write from a man's point of view.

I've always had gender confusion. I had two older brothers, and I've been predominantly male influenced. I really always looked up to my dad, really always looked up to my brothers... I had a lot of male friends growing up. It didn't help that in my town, where I lived, there were no female musicians.

This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for both sexes.

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

When a father climbs a dangerous mountain and dies, we mourn. When a mother does, we question her judgment. How could she?

I think that there's a tendency for actors who play strong women to have them take on all the worst characteristics of men, to become cold and detached and hardened.

You think that being a girl is degrading, but secretly, you'd love to know what it's like, wouldn't you?

At the end of the day, women are a distraction. Whether you realize it or not.

One is not born a woman, but becomes one.

People think anything done from a woman's perspective is only going to appeal to women.

Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl.

Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected to act like men, we will never be as good at being men as men are.

Once upon a time, growing up male gave little boys a sense of certainty about the natural order of things. We had short hair, wore pants, and played baseball. Girls had long hair, wore skirts, and, no matter how hard they tried, always threw a baseball just like a girl.

If I'd learned nothing else, it was this: If you want to be a great writer, be a man. If you can't be a man, write like one.

If there's a woman who is exhibiting her femininity or performing her femininity, it's always seen as meant to pull in the male gaze.

I grew up with a lot of boys. I probably have a lot of testosterone for a woman.

I look a little bit like Barbie and talk a little bit like Ken. It's easier for me to sit in the middle of the boys' club than to be surrounded by people concerned about getting their hair and nails done.

We talked about Tootsie, the idea in Tootsie is that a man becomes a better man for having been a woman.

Just because I'm a woman does not mean I have to deal with everything to do with food.

I understand I'm supposed to be feminine and dainty, but I'm not. There are two sides to the coin. People are more impressed with things that I do because they almost treat you as if you're handicapped if you're a woman... people can be impressed that I can play a few chords on the guitar.

Masculine and feminine roles are not biologically fixed but socially constructed.

In the face of patriarchy, it is a brave act indeed for both men and women to embrace, rather than shame or attempt to eradicate, the feminine.