Shirley Manson Quotes

I think women supporting women is priceless.

It's great to see women standing up in their own line of work and fighting for fair value.

Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits.

Equality for women is progress for all.

My mum fought for feminism in her day so instilled in me the importance of equality. She taught me so much about women.

Our daughters were coming of age during a rising consciousness about gender equality. Throughout their school years - from kindergarten through graduate school, 1972 to 1992 - women were starting to take their places in areas traditionally reserved mostly for men.

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.

The Nordic countries are leading the way on women's equality, recognizing women as equal citizens rather than commodities for sale.

Today, unless women gain jobs and athletic scholarships commensurate with their percentage of the population, feminists scream discrimination.

Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to ensure fair pay for women in the workplace. In addition, he succeeded in getting a measure passed to end discrimination against gays in the military.

No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men.

I don't see women and think of them as competition or with judgment. Women really move me. I feel connected to all kinds of women. I am angry because I think we've been mistreated throughout history in different countries, including America. I admire women.

I do believe in women. I really do.

Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work.

Paying women equally for comparable work done by men would be the biggest economic stimulus that this country could possibly have … $200 billion dollars into the economy every year and would be way more effective than propping up banks on Wall Street because this money would get spent and not put into Swiss bank accounts.

My nature is feminist. How could you not be a feminist and be alive? The world is full of brilliant, interesting women.

I love girl power.

I want to convey to women across the globe that they aren't weak. They can fight for themselves and get justice.

When you see in this country and every other part of the world the huge pay disparity - in Hollywood, in every profession in the U.K., globally - and you see what is happening to women in every country socially and culturally, you can't not be a feminist.

The women's movement in the 1970s led more women into the workforce and got them closer to pay equality.

A few British suffragettes everybody laughed at started the cause of equality between men and women.

I want to empower women.

Women need to support women.

My entire career stands on the strong pillars of women-oriented films. This stems from the fact that I am sensitive to the entire aura and mystique of a woman and womanhood.

Generally my feeling is that I think women are just in a universal way coming out, coming to their own more. And they have more opportunity, and basically we're equal.