Tracy Morgan Quotes

The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any.

Even today, in our progressive times, in most movies that come out, the men have to have biceps and the women have to be thin or something.

We know in our society, women are valued for their sexual desirability and not necessarily for what they have to say.

If actors can show their abs, why can't women show their bikini bods?

Much of the discussion around how people look at women focuses on culture, as if the media is entirely to blame. As if, without magazines and commenting hosts, we'd all suddenly dress in practical overalls and only judge a person on the quality of their charity work and poetry.

Girls are supposed to dance. That's why god gave them parts that jiggle.

The industry is quite chauvinistic generally. Expectations of women, girls, what they should look like, how they should be, what they should say, what they should wear, how their hair should be, what colour their skin should be.

I like women. I like them so much, I think every man should own two.

I think that idea of 'because I'm sexy, I'm a feminist' is kind of immature. But as long as women think being sexy is what makes them beautiful and powerful... then it will continue.

I'm so aware how often women's bodies are objectified on film.

Women's bodies have always been used as a spectacle and objectified.

I'm not an ardent feminist - well, maybe I am an ardent feminist. I just roll my eyes at the way women are constantly used and how sensitive men are about photographs of themselves.

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

Certainly, I am writing as a 21st-century woman, so I am much more inclined to view her as a three-dimensional woman. I think we keep coming up with this stubborn problem of a woman being judged by her appearance rather than her accomplishments. We are much more inclined to ask: was Cleopatra beautiful?

Perhaps some of the appeal of the dangerous-but-yummy paranormal anti-hero lies in his scorn for societal expectations. Yes, women have come a long way, but there are still some cultural stigmas more associated with women than men.

It would have been very easy for me to put on a little tight skirt and go out and try what I always call the 'Barbie doll' roles.

I personally find the ideas that girls need to cover their shoulders in school a little bit strange... when we're telling girls, you know, 'You have to cover your shoulders because otherwise you're a distraction to other people in your class,' probably something is wrong.

A lot of women are turned off by the physical appearance of some of the first feminists.

I have a problem with objectifying women, but I don't have a problem playing a guy who objectifies women.

Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day.

You can get a man's attention if you got a pair of boobs and a butt. I hate to simplify them down so much, but I think it's true.

We live in a patriarchal culture. It's okay for women to be objectified but not for men.

I enjoyed showing a bit more leg in the last few stories. It was good fun, but it can be quite sexist. But it doesn't worry me personally all that much.

To be honest, I really don't like being the sex object.

I don't give any merit to criticism. 'Country Girls (Shake it for Me),' I can see where people view that as sexist, but I just view that as having fun.