Chirlane McCray Quotes

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.

I am an adamant feminist. It never occurred to me to take my husband's name when we married. I am a supporter of abortion rights, of equal pay for equal work, of the rights of women prisoners, of all the time-honored feminist causes, and then some.

I am most certainly a feminist.

As Indians, we take great pride in the fact that we are a progressive nation. We are proud of our democracy, our secular values as well as our entrepreneurial spirit. We are appalled by the harsh laws that govern women's lives in Taliban-dominated lands. Yet we turn a blind eye to the injustices that our own society continues to heap upon women.

What I hope to do is create a play that investigates the ongoing violence toward women and children in the world, and searches for some kind of answer to the question, 'What Can We Do?'

The feminists who are aware of the effects of patriarchy realize that we are all in the same boat from the dangers of patriarchy, and that the oppression of women is universal.

I feel like a feminist is gender equality.

As far as I'm concerned, you're a feminist by default if you're born in the Western world right now.

I would like to think I am feminist in some sorts.

Feminism needs a political program because gender inequality has been fostered by political decisions.

I am a feminist.

I don't mind the term 'feminist.'

These are old issues. Female power, misogyny, the treatment of women, how you make meaning in the world. And these are all issues that I've been thinking about and writing about for a very long time.

Feminism is so pertinent - it affects all of us. As a woman you have an instinct to question sexual politics, we have a responsibility to care.

Women are inferior to none.

I have always thought of myself as someone for equal rights. I don't mind being called a feminist, and I get really upset when female celebrities resist the title as if it's a bad thing, because it's a very good thing.

Ever since I could remember, women's issues have been pretty urgent.

Feminism is being broken open, to welcome more people than just white women of a certain class.

Feminism has always been a theme that I'm very interested in.

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

I realized that, as a woman, you have an obligation to be a feminist.

I don't have a horror story to share like the ones we have heard from so many women in the #MeToo movement... But when you really listen to women, you begin to understand the million little ways in which all women are made less and denied the opportunity to contribute to their communities and their country.

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.

It can't be articulated enough, that feminism means the desire to have equality between men and women. I believe that, and I act on those beliefs by going to marches and making a difference where I can.