James Hillman Quotes

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.

I think it is too hard for men to talk about gender. We have to let men talk about this... because we need men to talk about this if it is ever going to change.

I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.

There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that is ruled by men.

I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals.

We can't destroy the inequities between men and women until we destroy marriage.

Men don't oppress women any more than women oppress men.

Black men don't like to be called 'boys,' but women accept being called 'girls.'

Once, power was considered a masculine attribute. In fact, power has no sex.

Men still control the news, both on and off camera.

Hollywood is run by men who are big on vulnerability.

In the face of patriarchy, it is a brave act indeed for both men and women to embrace, rather than shame or attempt to eradicate, the feminine.

Men have not stacked the decks against women.

Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.

People ask me why I'm so hard on men. It's because they've gotten a really easy ride. And it's not that I think women should take over the world. But I do think it should be 50/50.

In the long run, Women's Liberation will of course free men-but in the short run it's going to COST men a lot of privilege, which no one gives up willingly or easily.

About 10,000 years ago, males and females were acting equitably and were treating one another as equals, and then males took over the power, because they have physical power and physical strength.

Like many traditional feminists, I became one of the boys, only better. For a while it gave me a buzz to win at their game, but ultimately, that kind of power just goes nowhere. Traditional feminism excludes men and so perpetuates conflict. I am not interested in warring about power.

There is no country that has the best men.

As we get used to women in power, we are likely to discover that they behave much like powerful men - vain, entitled, always looking for more.

Men are irrelevant.

No, feminism isn't 'over.' We need it not only to challenge injustice but because the whole gender expectations thing is bad for men, too.

The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.

It is probably true to say that the largest scope for changes still lies in men's attitude to women, and in women's attitude to themselves