Simone de Beauvoir Quotes

I think the way we look upon gender is that we're realizing that we're not that different, which is a good thing. The United States needs to come further with that. In the Scandinavian countries, we've come further when it comes to gender politics and how we look upon gender and how women are treated in general.

'Power' is an explosive word, particularly when applied to women.

Women's issues have always been a part of my life.

The notion that somehow women are wildly different infuriates me.

I understand a lot of the female needs. I'm not saying I know all of them all the time though.

I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men.

I don't have a problem with being a woman. Women's bodies are so beautiful.

I remember becoming aware of women's issues and inequality. It became glaringly clear to me when I was living in America that women are regarded as less intelligent than men.

I am not sure gender ever won't be an issue in comedy, because I think that women do have different priorities in some respects.

Why am I not feminist? Maybe because I come from a country where my mother ruled my life. I never felt in any way that I couldn't achieve what I want.

I have always been interested in gender politics, so I'm not that keen on doing things that don't represent a truth about women.

I was brought up with a very strong sense of what can happen if your society starts to chip away at the small victories women have won for themselves.

Everything about women is in perpetual crisis.

I've been writing about misogyny for 20 years and trying to understand what femininity means for my entire career.

Feminism remains something that needs to be explained to people.

I believe women think differently.

The most important movement in the world is the feminist movement. If we can really figure out what's going on between men and women, the other problems will take care of themselves. I'm sure of it.

I think women are excellent social critics.

My issue with the state of women became incredibly stimulated when I was visiting developing countries and it became obvious that women bore the brunt of so many things in society.

The feminists who are aware of the effects of patriarchy realize that we are all in the same boat from the dangers of patriarchy, and that the oppression of women is universal.

I wouldn't call myself a feminist, because I think there are differences between men and women.

When you say 'revolution' when you have only men outside, you know that something is going wrong. I'm not like a hardcore feminist, but I think that one of the things that makes the society advanced is equality between men and women. If half of the society is oppressed by the other half, it's not fine.

I have two children who are daughters, so female issues have always registered high on my scale of awareness.

Emancipation of women has made them lose their mystery.

Now, since I'm a husband and father, discrimination against women isn't just political, it's personal.