Allison Schroeder Quotes

I'm not a misogynist, so you can dispense with that. I think I've done wonders for the feminist movement.

Women say that my election represents a cultural break with the past - a past of sexism, of misogyny.

The legal profession has been built by men for men in a man’s world. Women find it distinctly uncomfortable.

I have been a diplomat for 12 years but have never been posted abroad because I am a woman.

No self-respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party who ignores her sex.

In 2008, I started the election season as a critic of Hillary Clinton, a fan of Barack Obama, and a supporter of John Edwards. But by the end of Clinton's historic drive toward nomination, the gendered rhetoric used against her - as well as the way so many men in my own party diminished the value of electing a female president - had radicalized me.

People feel removed from sexism. 'I'm not a sexist, but I'm not a feminist.' They think there's this fuzzy middle ground. There's no fuzzy middle ground. You either believe that women are people or you don't. It's that simple.

Sexism has never rendered women powerless. It has either suppressed their strength or exploited it.

"First female president." That's it, and that's nowhere near, by the way, as powerful or penetrating as the first African-American president. I mean, women, yeah, I mean, make the case that they've been victimized. But they can't put themselves in the same shoes as slavery's legacy for example. Now, women might try to make the case. Hillary [Clinton] might try to make the case about not being ought to be able to vote, but it ain't gonna fly.

The notion that somehow women are wildly different infuriates me.

I'm not a feminist that hates men by any means.

I was really desperate. I don't know if you can remember back that far, but when I went to graduate school they didn't want females in graduate school. They were very open about it. They didn't mince their words. But then I got in and I got my degree.

I think people are frightened of women making big decisions.

Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!

Whenever you see a successful woman, look out for three men who are going out of their way to try to block her.

Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream.

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.

It's such a male-dominated industry. You can be a feminist, it's just difficult because it sometimes comes back at you.

Misogyny not only for Joyce Banda but for women.

Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men.

I'm all about empowering women. And by lining them up against the wall and weighing them, surely you are making them feel more like meat than ever - even if it's little meat, if you know what I mean.

Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.

I used to not like being called a 'woman architect': I'm an architect, not just a woman architect. Guys used to tap me on the head and say, 'You are okay for a girl.' But I see the incredible amount of need from other women for reassurance that it could be done, so I don't mind that at all.

I don't want my daughter to be educated. I think women should just be decorative.

I think as women, the smarter and more powerful we are, the more it can be threatening and alienating to other people, more than with men. That's something we need to support each other with.