M. Carey Thomas Quotes

Human kind is made up of two sexes, women and men. Is it possible that a mass is improved by the improvement of only one part and the other part is ignored? Is it possible that if half of a mass is tied to earth with chains and the other half can soar into skies?

I have come far, but not far enough. It is still a man's world.

What the government and we in society need to do is to address the issue of gender justice.

I don't like tokenism. I don't like the idea that somebody should just appear at a press conference or in a media interview because they are a woman.

I want a Zero Tolerance policy on All The Patriarchal Bullshit.

Women have gained access to the institutions, but not enough power to overhaul them.

Yes, there's a problem with gender as it is today, and we must fix it, we must do better.

What are we doing that for in the 21st century? Why on earth would we teach kids that girls are less important than boys? It just made no sense to me.

In my opinion it is a grave error for women to feel that they must move only in women's interests... . What, after all, would we think if men all got together and kept doing things that were supposed to be in the interest of men?

No country in the world can yet say they have achieved gender equality.

I spent most of my career in business not saying the word 'woman.' Because if you say the word 'woman' in a business context, and often in a political context, the person on the other side of the table thinks you're about to sue them or ask for special treatment, right?

It's a woman's book but I think the men will read it too.

People don't always want to have females as leaders.

Whether we like it or not, men have more of the offices, more of the higher jobs, more of the seats in Congress. Men need to re-examine what their power is. We need to understand how to use it.

True gender equality in Scotland - and elsewhere - is still some way off.

Women must become more conscious of themselves as women and of their ability to function as a group. At the same time they must try to wipe from men’s consciousness the need to consider them as a group or as women in their everyday activities, especially as workers in industry or the professions.

Gender discrimination has no place in our workforce.

Gender equality is not only an issue for women and girls.

We need to put an end to discrimination against women, and the power to bring about this change lies in our hands.

Every country faces its own obstacles to reaching gender equality, and to make a real difference, we must change public policies in tandem with stereotypes, attitudes, and behaviors.

When there is a certain subject matter where I want to get involved, where I think I could add to the conversation, and especially with gender issues, I appreciate having that voice and that seat at the table.

We are in a world where men and women are on the same platform.

I'm saying the excessive focus on what gender a person is, rather than what they do, does a disservice to women.

The days of a tennis champion as a gender rights leader are over.

#TimesUp is you can't hold it in anymore: Time's up! The doors have to give way. It can't be that every 27-year-old born into a male body is a designated genius. It can't be that the language used to review male and female films is different.