Sharmila Tagore Quotes

Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women.

The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: It's a girl.

I even felt like I liked guys better than women - that men were relevant and women weren't. It took me a while to realize I'd been socialized to have a slighting view of my own gender.

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

Some boys accepted me, some didn't. And my family had comments made to them. Brazil is still a very macho society, and sports are mainly for boys, so people would say to them: 'What is this girl doing? Why is she always out there in the soccer games with the boys?'

As long as male behavior is taken to be the norm, there can be no serious questioning of male traits and behavior. A norm is by definition a standard for judging; it is not itself subject to judgment.

Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.

'Man up' is a sexist term that should be retired along with all the other gender-based imperious imperatives.

Too often, women are portrayed in two ways: as prizes to be won by men or as damsels in distress.

Why can't a woman be more like a man?

Over the years, the most ponderous problem for women has been that men think that men and women are very different. Another of our massive problems is that women also think that men and women are very different.

It's easy for women to say they don't understand and ask a man for help. As the saying goes, boys play with toys, and girls play with boys.

A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and tough.

I'd like to get to the point where I can be just as mediocre as a man.

There is no longer a doubt that women are just as competent as men. Gender differences are guided by nurture, as society treats boys and girls differently from an early age.

Every woman is just a different kind of problem.

Our discomfort with female leadership runs deep. We call little girls bossy. We never really call little boys bossy, because a boy is expected to lead, so it doesn't surprise or offend.

It's okay for a guy to be a baddie, but a woman? No, we can't deal with that.

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'.

We're really taught to be followers from a very young age - men lead and women follow.

There's still a narrower band of acceptable behavior for women than men.

What I find weird is that the term 'chick lit' is used to encompass literally anything a woman writes about relationships. It's the assumption that because you're female, you must write in a certain way. I don't understand why that is - it is a bit demeaning.

I remember my grandfather believed women were second-class citizens and told my mother that it was a shame she had brains because she was a girl and shouldn't carry on her education.