Miranda Hart Quotes

Sexism kind of predisposes us to see men's work as more important than women's, and it is a problem, I guess, as writers, we have to change.

When women do take on traditionally male subjects, certain male colleagues can seem affronted that a woman has dared to trespass on their subject. I could given you dozens of examples, but here's one: Max Hastings's review in the 'Sunday Times' in 2009 of Miranda Carter's book 'The Three Emperors'.

People put stock in someone being in a 'girl group,' but we don't say that a band is a 'man group.'

We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.

We call our little girls bossy. Go to a playground; little girls get called bossy all the time - a word that's almost never used for boys - and that leads directly to the problems women face in the workforce.

Nothing's worse than a woman know-it-all.

I still meet old-school scientists who are like, 'Oh honey, women aren't good at science.' You kind of dismiss them as insane.

You don't realize it until you go out and take a look, but there are so many ways in which sexism is just allowed in our culture, not just in the entertainment industry. It's just allowed to be there, and that's not acceptable anymore. And I think it's really important to be very vocal.

In the modern workplace, sexism has adopted a more subtle persona; therefore, people can be accused of sexism where it's far harder to determine whether they're actually committing sexism or thinking in a sexist way.

I feel like in our society there is definitely still a lot of underlying sexism. It's funny how many guys are surprised when you pick up an instrument in the studio, or write your own songs.

I've always been sure of my vision, but I've been in meetings where men have been talking about me like I'm not there... I've been told I should be a certain way, and I wondered if that would have been the case if I was a man.

I'm not saying this is all men, but in my experience as a woman, I'm not taken as seriously in a leadership role regardless of how good I am at what I'm doing.

Our culture hasn't stopped objectifying women. We - men and women both - are just getting better at pretending it's not happening.

Being a woman in a male-dominated industry, you are so afraid of people thinking you are weak.

What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.

In my youth there were words you couldn't say in front of a girl; now you can't say 'girl.'

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

In this society, if a man is called a woman, that's the biggest insult he could get. Is that because women are considered something less?

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.

I don't think that women being seen as inferior is a prejudice based on male hatred of women. When you look at history, it's a prejudice based on simple fact.

Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?

I think reviewers are sexist... This isn't to sound bitter, but I think you're more likely to get a critical kicking if you're a woman. I just think that's a fact. I really think less value is put in general on women's voices, across the board.

Gender is probably the most restricting force in American life.

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

A man is free to go up as high as he can reach up to; but I, with all my style and pep, can't get a man my equal because a girl is always judged by her mother.