Amy Schumer Quotes

True gender equality in Scotland - and elsewhere - is still some way off.

Yes, I believe in equality. But I don't like the word 'feminist,' because it's such a rational belief to think that women are equal to men, and I'm a rational person. You shouldn't be labeled for being reasonable.

We just need to put our foot down. This is a good time for us to bring this to a place of fairness, and girls need to know that being a feminist is a good thing. It doesn't mean that you hate men. It means equal rights. If you're doing the same job, you should be compensated and treated in the same way.

I mean, I absolutely call myself a feminist. And by that, I mean a woman who believes that your opportunities should not be constrained by your gender, that women should be entitled to the same opportunities as men.

I feel like a feminist is gender equality.

We [women] seek equality. We don't seek sameness.

We will have equality when a female schlemiel moves ahead as fast as a male schlemiel.

Women are inferior to none.

Feminism means, basically, are you in favor of equal opportunities for men and women? It's hard to argue with that.

I believe that women should be treated just like men.

We need to put an end to discrimination against women, and the power to bring about this change lies in our hands.

I am not anti-men, I believe truly that we are meant to be equal. We should be judged equally and I think I am a living example of feminism.

We need everyone to be a feminist. Feminism is the fight for the equality of sexes, not for the domination of one sex over another.

For me feminism is equality.

I support women. I think we should be treated equal, all of that stuff.

How did it come to be that you think men and women are the same? Well, there's a simple answer to the question: Feminism.

We know that the only way to achieve equality is if both men and women want to achieve equality. We also know that equality is not just the right thing to do for men, it is a good thing to do.

Workers in the bourgeois countries must fight for equal rights for men and women.

You know, I've always considered women to be people.

... being a feminist means that you believe in civil rights and social justice.

Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.

... until opportunity is as free from sex discrimination as the right to vote finally came to be, no man has any right to criticize women for failure to measure up to men.

Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity, we need it to stand on this earth as men and women, and the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who's confronted with it. We need Equality, and we kind of need it now. 'So why do you write these strong female characters?' Because you're still asking that question.

No country in the world can yet say they have achieved gender equality.

I'm not a feminist, I'm a humanist.