James Cromwell Quotes

I do not fight against men, but against the system that is sexist.

My feminism is humanism, with the weakest being those who I represent, and that includes many beings and life forms, including some men.

I think that men need to have a little bit of manism. You have feminism. I don't have a problem with that.

What, do you think that feminism means you hate men?

The same way that racism is a white person's problem, violence against women is a men's problem.

Feminism is a word that I identify with. The term has become synonymous with vitriolic man-hating but it needs to come back to a place where both men and women can embrace it. It is particularly important for women in developing countries.

If women really want equality, we have to wipe the slate clean. It no longer matters in the largest sense what men did to us for the last 200 or 300 years.

No, feminism isn't 'over.' We need it not only to challenge injustice but because the whole gender expectations thing is bad for men, too.

One of the gross misconceptions about feminism is that it's only about women. But in order for women to live freely, men have to live freely, too. Feminism has shown us that what we think of as feminine is actually defined by cultural messages and political agendas. The same holds true for men and for what constitutes masculinity. Being a feminist opens your eyes to the ways men, like women, are imprisoned in cultural stereotypes.

If you're a progressive, you really should be a feminist because it's about equality, it's about respect, it's about making the best of the world that we have.

Feminism isn't just for women. It's for men.

The struggle against patriarchy and racism must be substantively robust and inextricably intertwined.

I don't label myself a feminist. I love men, but I am all about promoting a better, healthier relationship between the sexes.

So, obviously, on International Women's Day, we are honoring the achievements of women, but gender equality and feminism cannot evolve in our humanity if we're not bringing our boys and men along.

My feminism has evolved way beyond self-empowerment and I see feminism as a path to peace on earth. The fundamental imbalance that is behind all of the other social diseases is patriarchy. I do believe. As men and women, together, I really long to feel my society evolve its understanding since we're one of the leaders in the f-word. I want us to grow our idea of feminism collectively and get both men and women involved in undoing patriarchy. It's huge. It's a huge job.

To me, a feminist belongs in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently.

I'd like us to deliver a little message to all the men still out there who think it's the '50s, and coming home simply means watching television with a beer.

If we're for one another, we're feminists. The rest is semantics.

You can't be a woman and not be a feminist, I don't think. If you care about the world and the world you exist in and your rights.

Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand that it is not terrifically important to us that they learn to cry; it is important to us that they stop the crimes of violence against us.

There are some people who still feel threatened by strong women. That's their problem. It's not mine.

People start to talk about post-racist, post-feminist. What does that mean? We're clearly not post either. Would you say post-democracy? Clearly we haven't reached true democracy yet.

One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us.

The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man's right to his body, or woman's right to her soul.

I think that all women, unless they are absolutely asleep, must be feminists up to a point.