Jidenna Quotes

I would never sign on to a project that was male-bashing, because first and foremost I'm a man... what guy would sign on for that?

I think men are a beautiful creation.

I think that men need to have a little bit of manism. You have feminism. I don't have a problem with that.

I figured I could do 'It's A Man's Man's Man's World', because I believe it's the truth.

For centuries, the question of men needing to comprehend women simply didn't arise. Men were valued according to how they measured up to the manly virtues.

The word 'excess' has no meaning for a male.

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.

What I do know is that traditional gender roles are very real and flipping the norm is difficult for even the strongest, funniest, smartest men.

American men are like women.

Men are irrelevant.

It was not seen that woman’s place was in the home until she began to go out of it; the statement was a reply to an unspoken challenge, it was attempted resistance to irresistible change.

The rise of women and feminism is well documented. What is equally fascinating - and less talked about - is the impact this has had on men.

Feminism isn't just for women. It's for men.

When I was younger, we'd stay at stately homes, and at the end of dinner, women would have to leave the table. I used to sit there. I wouldn't leave. I felt England should come out of the Victorian era.

Why should men be constrained by antiquated stereotypes of masculinity? What does it even mean to 'Be a Real Man' anymore? Shouldn't we all be celebrating a wide range of definitions of manhood?

American women today want too much liberty; that's why they're unhappy. Because when an American man meets a woman, he treats her like a pal instead of a woman.

In terms of men being feminist allies, it's just important to speak from your own place. I'd love to hear men singing about masculinity and the damage it does to them.

I'd like us to deliver a little message to all the men still out there who think it's the '50s, and coming home simply means watching television with a beer.

The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy; nowadays it means rank subversion.

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

Men should stop treating feminists like ladies, and instead treat them like the men they say they want to be.

I was never in an awkward position where I had to curb my manhood.

Perhaps it is time to debate culture. The common story is that in 'real' African culture, before it was tainted by the West, gender roles were rigid and women were contentedly oppressed.

Society says that men need to be bigger and stronger, and they must protect their women and so on.

That a majority of women do not wish for any important change in their social and civil condition, merely proves that they are the unreflecting slaves of custom.