Jessica Valenti Quotes

I don't wish to curse anyone. I just feel bad when women, especially, try to sabotage the image of another woman.

It's sad how people want to see us females go against each other. Never been for that. Never will.

Someone who hates one group will end up hating everyone - and, ultimately, hating himself or herself.

The sad reality is that girl-on-girl hate is such a big issue in schools, at work, or online, and it never made any sense to me because, as women, we know how awesome other women can be.

There's this myth that women are supposed to compete with each other or something, or we're supposed to hate each other, and that's totally not productive.

Whenever I get negative comments on Twitter, it's always from girls - often ones who are trying to make it in the media. I don't understand why we can't put that energy into uniting and supporting each other instead.

I always support anyone who I think is dope, female-wise. Whereas a lot of females are scared of other females.

Women always need other women to lean on. They become friends in order to hate each other better. The more they hate each other, the more inseparable they become.

Women need to support other women, not cut them down. And that goes for recognizable women too.

I'm excited about there being more of a sisterhood these days. Back in the '90s there was a lot of hate - the women I looked up to as artists were dissing me! It's not so patriarchal these days - there's more love and a lot less hate!

Girls are so often pitted against each other as enemies or adversaries. We even see it in 'Us' magazine: Who wore it better?

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.

Sisterhood is important because we are all we have to stand on. We have to stand near and by each other, pray for one another, and share the joys and the difficulties that women face in the world today. If we don't talk about it among ourselves, then we are made silent by the patriarchy, and that serves us no purpose.

It's really hard to have your voice heard in a man's world. People are always comparing women and bringing them down - that, I'm completely against. We have an obligation as women to not pit ourselves against each other, because men are going to do it for us.

My subject has always been women. And I don't want to sound, like, preposterously idealistic, but I would like, in my lifetime, to experience a world where women, all kind of women, can connect and support each other.

I don't know who came up with this idea that it's cool to hate on other girls, 'cause it's not.

The good news is when we are in full-on sisterhood, women are the most powerful, political force in America.

I think women supporting women is priceless.

Competition gives birth to a lot of success, and if no one ever challenged you, you wouldn't go anywhere. It makes sense to compete with others for a promotion at work. But so many women take it a step further and won't even support other women. They end up competing over things that don't make sense - like how we look.

I think women should be in women's corner even more, wherever... across the world, women need to be in each other's corners.

I just want women to support each other.

I love the idea of women empowering other women. We need to come together and support one another and embrace one another.

I've never been the kind of woman that hates other women, particularly based on their attractiveness.

Support other women! We are taught to be competitive with other women, to vie with them for the 'girl spot' in a group or job. Anything that helps an individual woman is good for all of us! Love and support your friends!

Funny enough, the most discrimination I've ever gotten as a woman in this industry has been from other women.