Franklin Foer Quotes

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

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.

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

Our distorted media culture sees men as subjects and women as objects; in films, Woody Allen gets older and older and still dates 20-year-old babes; movies about women are called 'chick flicks,' and men make fun of them.

Woman is a vulgar animal from whom man has created an excessively beautiful ideal.

At the end of the day, women are a distraction. Whether you realize it or not.

For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.

Some people think having large breasts makes a woman stupid. Actually, it's quite the opposite: a woman having large breasts makes men stupid.

Housework is the only activity at which men are allowed to be consistently inept because they are thought to be so competent at everything else.

There aren't good roles for women: the female parts aren't developed: the women are serving the men.

The much vaunted male logic isn't logical, because they display prejudices against half the human race that are considered prejudices according to any dictionary definition.

Girls can wear jeans, cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots, 'cause it's okay to be a boy, but for a boy to look like a girl is degrading.

In order for a man to be truly evil, he must be a woman.

I think where men are credited for being strong, women are divas. I just think it's such a cop out.

As long as I play ball, I can get any woman I want.

Men treat men differently than they would a woman.

If you're a man and you ask questions, you're a genius; if you're a woman, you're difficult.

I realized early on that I always hated girls who used their femininity to get what they wanted.

Men are very tough, very critical of me. I think they expect you to basically just be a picture. They don't want to hear you speak.

It just seems OK these days to throw women under the bus. Like we're a bargaining chip.

Why are women always described as 'desperate,' while men are just... irrational?

Years ago, I worked in a newspaper office, and there were men that would have fits of temper, and it was just accepted that that's who they were, and everyone would laugh about it, but if a woman got upset or angry, something wasn't right: she was 'hysterical' or 'a little unhinged.' It didn't have the same sort of connotation at all.

Every woman is just a different kind of problem.

Women over 30 are usually somebody's mother in a 'Porky's' movie, being silly and being ridiculed. There's just not a whole lot for them to do. It's just coffee-pouring on a bigger scale.

Would they call me a diva if I were a guy?