Germaine Greer Quotes

People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

It's all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman first of all.

I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.

As I started to think about how I can claim feminism while also acknowledging my humanity and my imperfections, 'bad feminism' simply seemed like the best answer.

It was a very cool thing to be a smart girl, as opposed to some other, different kind. And I think that made a great deal of difference to me growing up and in my life afterward.

Everyday I find myself reminding women around me to know their value. I also have to remind myself.

I don't just want to be the girl boys get excited about, I have no desire for people to see me in a sexy way. I won't do nudity ever.

Women will no longer be silent when they suffer injustices against them.

I think feminism is about the spirit.

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.

Whatever culture, whatever country, girls are taught to please others as opposed to pleasing themselves.

I suppose it's the feminist in me, but I didn't always associate modelling with an intelligent career. I used to put myself down for doing it.

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

I want men to stop calling me a queen and treating me like an imbecile.

Unless the woman is liberated, there is no freedom in Iraqi land.

If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.

I think women want freedom. They want to be empowered. They want hope. They want love; they want all the things that I want, and I'm not afraid to say those things and act on them, and I think that's why they identify with me.

There's nothing wrong with a woman being comfortable, confident.

My mom is such a strong, independent, strong-willed woman, and she always taught me to accept my worth for how I viewed myself and female empowerment, and it's okay to be independent and also need someone at the same time. I kinda get to be both.

I feel, in our culture, the girl with any sort of power is called 'difficult' or various words that are demeaning just because she has a voice, has confidence, and stands for her rights. It is sad, but it is the truth of our country.

I guess that there are many ways to look at being single, and none of them should include shame or feeling less valued.

We as men, need to give the Indian women all the strength that she needs, rightfully asking to be able to walk with head held high.

There's no worse way to insult a woman than by saying she looks like a man, but once a woman gets over that, there is no stronger woman.

I never considered myself less worthy than a man in football. Never. Never, never, never.

The relevance of beauty pageants in the Philippines is that it gives people hope.