Ann Leckie Quotes

I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men.

I found in my experiences that it's not that men are consciously discriminating against promoting women, but I do believe as people we have self-images about what's good.

Most of us believe that women can do what men do. The challenge is to convince employers, legislators, mothers, that men can do what women do.

I think dancing is a man's game and if he does it well he does it better than a woman.

Much-derided chick lit, chick flicks, and chick magazines have left ambitious women in a bind. Why is it that I, a young woman, can read 'GQ,' enjoy 'Fight Club,' and subscribe to 'Thrillist,' while the idea of a guy doing the same with 'Glamour,' '27 Dresses' and 'Daily Candy' is nearly unheard of?

If women talk in ways expected of them or project a feminine demeanor, it's seen as weak. But if they talk in ways associated with men or bosses, then they're seen as too aggressive. Whatever they do violates one or the other expectation: either you're not talking as you should as a woman or as boss.

I didn't think I could play in a band. It just wasn't an option - all band members were men, and bandleaders were men.

Like, I played baseball with all boys. They didn't want to play catch with me. I mean, it's the story of everything I've done.

Public opinion actually applauds the young woman venturing into the business world, but it still obstinately (and quite illogically) protects the young man in his sacred right to know nothing of housework.

You can't be a person and a lady. If you're a person, you can open the damned door yourself.

Some jobs are for women, and some jobs are for men. It has nothing to do with how capable women are.

We tend to kind of write women out of history.

I thought that I wouldn't be able to make it because I'm a girl, but I think it was just a subconscious feeling. Pretty much every gig I went to was a band with four dudes.

No man wants to lose to a woman.

In some instances, a gender imbalance is indeed a manifestation of sexism. In others, it is not.

I've always been sure of my vision, but I've been in meetings where men have been talking about me like I'm not there... I've been told I should be a certain way, and I wondered if that would have been the case if I was a man.

It's ingrained in people's minds that it's a typecast and a stereotype that women are just emotional and crazy.

As a woman, this is one of these areas where you have to walk a fine line: the classic, 'Are you soft and squishy, and you hug everybody, and you're a cheerleader?' versus, 'Are you the hard-nosed you-know-what female dog?'

To reduce gaps between men and women, we will need to change the way people think, behave, and relate to each other.

There's still a narrower band of acceptable behavior for women than men.

I'm not saying this is all men, but in my experience as a woman, I'm not taken as seriously in a leadership role regardless of how good I am at what I'm doing.

Why categorise crime as a gender issue? Why should a man or woman be more inclined to believe in certain basic values?

It doesn't bother me if I'm getting attention because I'm a girl.

Science fiction's been good to me. The fans are the most loyal fans in the world.

I'm of the opinion that gender is a social construct.