Ruth Westheimer Quotes

There are older men with younger women but you don't see a lot of older women with younger men. There are some women who have been able to do it but not often.

In France, a woman may forget that she is neither young nor handsome; for the absence of these claims to attention does not expose her to be neglected by the male sex.

It's mainly a few elite women who benefit greatly from standing with the forces that keep women down.

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.

A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover but will sooner or later find a tyrant.

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

Feminists want to be treated equally until they are.

I used to be very interested in the history of women's rights in this country and in other countries. I tried to learn as much as I could about it, and more than anything, I would be called gay. It was phenomenal. But if a boy has something to say, he is appreciated; he's even popular. If a girl says something, it's instantly a threat.

Men are attracted to youth and beauty; women are attracted to power.

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.

Patriarchy 101 would have you believe otherwise, but you know - that's just not true. Those inequalities are recipes for resentment. And, yes, the formula isn't perfect yet. We don't all have that. But we're trying.

Women hate everything which strips off the tinsel of sentiment, and they are right, or it would rob them of their weapons.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

A woman can never be too rich or too thin, but until very, very recently, she could be too powerful, for which - if she wasn't smart enough to camouflage herself - she generally paid the price.

Woman is the dominant sex. Men have to do all sorts of stuff to prove that they are worthy of woman's attention.

Women may fall when there's no strength in men.

Male privilege and entitlement are dying a very painful death; no one gives up power without a struggle.

The men are much alarmed by certain speculations about women; and well they may be, for when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.

I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age.

One of the reasons I don't see eye to eye with Women's Lib is that women have it all on a plate if only they knew it. They don't have to be pretty either.

The thing I can say about Japan is they were progressive for a country that is very male dominant.

When anything goes, it's women who lose.

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

I think I've always had a certain amount of skepticism of this whole 'shut up and smile' theory. I haven't ever swallowed that pill so easily, although I tried.

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