Jackson Katz Quotes

Boys are so much drama.

I feel like all guys are the same.

Why do boys say someone acts like a girl as if it were an insult?

If that isn't typical male stupidity! If something doesn't work, kick it or swear at it!

I don't think women are better than men, I think men are a lot worse than women.

It's a man's world, and you men can have it.

In the U.S., oddly, we have images of men as arrogant and aggressive.

I'm concerned that boys have become politically incorrect, that we are a society in the process of turning against its male children.

Many differences are rooted in biology and reinforced through culture, so it's important to acknowledge that. 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.

As societies continue to loosen their standards regarding what is appropriate female and male behavior, I think we are going to realize we have not only underestimated women, but also men.

Most women don't like good men. They say they want a good buy, but most women always wind up with the bad boy.

There's an unconscious bias in our society: girls are wonderful; boys are terrible. And to be a boy, or young man, growing up, having to listen to all this, it must be painful.

The anger that appears to be building up between the sexes becomes more virulent with every day that passes. And far from women taking the blame... the fact is that men are invariably portrayed as the bad guys. Being a good man is like being a good Nazi.

Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.

The system of heroism depends on women to be weak so men can be strong.

What I do know is that traditional gender roles are very real and flipping the norm is difficult for even the strongest, funniest, smartest men.

You would never say to a man, 'do you like playing strong men?' You just wouldn't say that.

No, feminism isn't 'over.' We need it not only to challenge injustice but because the whole gender expectations thing is bad for men, too.

Women cannot complain about men until they start gettting better taste in them.

One of the big conversations I'm trying to have onstage right now is that to be pro-woman, you don't have to be anti-man. Saying all men suck makes you look like an idiot. And it's not helpful.

I used to think men were these idiots who just yelled at you on the street. But, part of my maturing was realizing that not all men are evil or monsters.

Just by existing as men, we are automatically guilty of everything in some people's minds. And, on top of that, we've created a situation in the media where men are only allowed to talk about politics and sport.

When a guy is perceived as macho, female editors aren't going to like it - because they all want to be men.

If you listen to the radio, it's all men who are emotional and women who are sexual. There's nothing wrong with that! It definitely should be the case, but it makes me sad that women are afraid to be emotional because it makes them look weak.

Men are not the enemy, and we have to be clear about that.