Sarah Waters Quotes

I think there are fundamental power imbalances between the sexes that play themselves out in society. And I think science is just not immune to that - which actually isn't a very controversial stance if you think about it.

In politics, I am facing a lot of structural sexism.

There aren't more lady songwriters for the same reason that there aren't more lady doctors or lady accountants or lady lawyers; not enough women have the time for careers.

There are less opportunities for women.

I don't know if I have any particular views about women in positions of power, though I do think it's more difficult for women, particularly in a Medieval setting. They have the additional problem that they're a woman and people don't want them in a position of power in an essentially patriarchal society.

A man is free to go up as high as he can reach up to; but I, with all my style and pep, can't get a man my equal because a girl is always judged by her mother.

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

The failure of women to have reached positions of leadership has been due in large part to social and professional discrimination. In the past, few women have tried, and even fewer have succeeded.

Men are rarely questioned on their spouses or their partners, and nor should they be. And the question to ask is why is this done to women?

Whenever a female takes a strong stand for herself, the majority of the time they have to really, really narrow it down to being feminine and wearing dresses and just being lipstick chic.

Bad behaviour makes men more glamorous. Women get destroyed, thrown out of society and locked up in institutions.

When I was a kid and going to the movies I was overwhelmed by the way women were always second-class citizens in the film.

I am often asked why there is discrimination against women in science. And I have given it some thought. With prejudicial attitudes, you can't really do much. You can point out when people discriminate and ask them not to.

You know, it's a very sexist society, Indonesia.

Despite great advances in women's rights, statistics show that when it comes to the balance of power between the sexes, equality is far from being a global reality.

It's okay, when we as women are in a serving role. But it's not okay, it appears, still, when we have full access to power.

I was watching something the other day which started out with five guys walking towards you and one woman, and there you go-it's still being dominated by the male society.

Women don't want to hear what you think. Women want to hear what they think - in a deeper voice.

A woman's experience is different from a man's in virtually every respect, including how she is treated by the media.

She is still less civilized than man, largely because she has not been educated.

I think a lot of women are underestimated.

There are 10-20 times more male comics than female comics; it's something to do with the social structure of society.

It's incredibly unfair. You don't see a lot of 60-year-old women with 20-year-old men onscreen.

I feel like women are asked their age more than men.

One of the major differences between gender discrimination and Racial or Religious Discrimination is that the with the latter the perpetrators fundamentally recognized that it was based on power offered moral challenges. However, men—the perpetrators of discrimination against women have mostly not even considered the moral aspect of it and perceived it as natural.