Naveen Jain Quotes

I don't think anyone is saying that we should be treating boys and girls exactly the same and that we should try to eliminate all differences. What the psychologists who do this work are saying is we should be aware of it and careful about it, especially if we think it could be limiting choices.

Many differences are rooted in biology and reinforced through culture, so it's important to acknowledge that. Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected to act like men, we will never be as good at being men as men are.

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.

Physical, emotional, psychological and social differences [between the sexes] exist and dare not be disregarded.

Modern-era feminists believe that there is no inherent difference in men and women, that it's all the way they're raised.

The notion that somehow women are wildly different infuriates me.

I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.

Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected to act like men, we will never be as good at being men as men are.

For the longest time, you couldn't even say boys and girls were different. It was taboo in the educational world.

I've never thought in terms of 'men do this' and 'women do that.'

There are certain things women are better at than men.

I feel like people are funny, and women are people, so I'm sick of the distinction.

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

Parenting girls makes you quite gender-conscious - it's almost impossible to fight the power of pink. It's not such a terrible thing to want to be a princess when you're five, but it would be nice if there were some other options.

Feminism isn't about hating men. It's about challenging the absurd gender distinctions that boys and girls learn from childhood and carry into their adult lives.

Women are not by nature inferior to men...

Boys and girls are not the same.

Some women are smarter than men, and some aren't. But to suggest to women that they deserve dominance instead of equality is at best a cheap applause line.

There is a mindset that has to be changed - the sense of entitlement of the man. That happens when you are bringing up someone. If you are going to differentiate between a boy and a girl from age zero, then he is bound to grow up with the sense of entitlement.

Men and women aren't the same. And they won't be the same. That doesn't mean that they can't be treated fairly.

I rarely felt or noticed any real divide between girls and boys when I was growing up. Maybe it was because I was so involved in sports and competed with the boys. Maybe it was my mom and dad, who constantly instilled confidence in me and never made me feel as though there were boy activities and girl activities.

Despite the efforts of some parents, children still tend to act out the traditional sex roles of our culture. The child's peer group may have more of an influence over this than the parents.

I always used to play with the boys and loved it. You never asked yourself the question if there should be a difference between a boy or a girl.

Women and men just aren't that different. Oh, we're different in some intriguing ways, and it can be fun to band together for all-gal or all-guy projects. But when it comes to the tragic mess Christ came to heal, we're pretty much the same.

School is very conformist, and one of the very first conforming that goes on in preschool and kindergarten is gender.