Marilyn French Quotes

I figured I could do 'It's A Man's Man's Man's World', because I believe it's the truth.

Black men don't like to be called 'boys,' but women accept being called 'girls.'

Society has always been male; political power has always been in the hands of men.

[Referring to Jesse Jackson:] ... one of that machismo group.

[Women’s subjugation to men] is one of the chief hindrances to human improvement.

I believe very deeply that the world would be a better place if it weren't run as it's currently run, which is by men.

The point of privilege and the notion of mansplaining is that sometimes I definitely feel like I should shut up. That's it functioning. That's the notion of privilege functioning.

The enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things.

I think what's happening in the world - there's nothing more dangerous than a wounded beast, and the patriarchy is wounded.

Sexism has always been a political stance mediating social domination, enabling white men and black men to share a common sensibility about sex roles and the importance of male domination.

In a bigger picture, all over the world is a boys' club.

Women may fall when there's no strength in men.

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

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

I would never sign on to a project that was male-bashing, because first and foremost I'm a man... what guy would sign on for that?

Either you are a feminist or you are a sexist/misogynist. There is no box marked 'other.'

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

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

Men don't oppress women any more than women oppress men.

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.

For centuries, the question of men needing to comprehend women simply didn't arise. Men were valued according to how they measured up to the manly virtues.

I think basically most men are misogynistic.

Apparently, the most difficult feat for a Cambridge male is to accept a woman not merely as feeling, not merely as thinking, but as managing a complex, vital interweaving of both.

Women's virtue is man's greatest invention.

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.