Dolores O'Riordan Quotes

I believe that it's condescending to think that women and their claims can't stand up to interrogation and can't handle skepticism.

People used to feel oddly empowered to tell me all the reasons I couldn't win. Because I was a woman. Because I was a lesbian. Because I was from the West Side of Manhattan.

Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their faces are?

I think a lot of people love to convolute what everyone else does in order to disempower women.

It's now taken for granted that women are in bands and you can say feminist things in your songs. But back in the early '90s, there was a lot of violence at Bikini Kill shows that people don't realize happened.

All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.

I ask no favors for my sex. I surrender not our claim to equality. All I ask of our brethren is, that they will take their feet from off our necks, and permit us to stand upright on that ground which God designed us to occupy.

Inclusiveness is expanded by grievance. If I were a mistress, I would not need to fight for my career.

I've been personally attacked for respectfully expressing my take on women's empowerment.

As women, we need to stand together. We are judged and objectified often enough by men.

Our long history of exploiting women's bodies and suppressing their voices had a direct impact on my case and other women's lives.

I do not fight against men, but against the system that is sexist.

A lot of the hate mail I get is clearly misogynist. I am a proud liberal, feminist woman, and the hate mail I get about those three things is not about me.

There's a backlash against womyn that's really bad right now.

I can hear the roar of women's silence.

I know how hard it is to be a woman, especially a black woman.

Whether it's repro rights, violence against women, or just plain old vanilla sexism, most issues affecting women have one thing in common - they exist to keep women 'in their place.' To make sure that we're acting 'appropriately,' whatever that means.

I would definitely say I'm a feminist. To me, it just means being attentive and mindful. It's about equality and equal treatment. It feels like a gut instinct.

The caste systems of sex and race are interdependent and can only be uprooted together.

I am absolutely not a feminist, I am against stupidity, and if it comes from males or females, it doesn't change anything. If it means that women and men, they are equal, then OK, certainly I am a feminist.

I don't know why it's still a taboo to be a feminist.

Women have a predestination to suffering.

If you look at any other group of people suffering injustice, women are always in the worst situation within that group.

Much of my adult life has been spent fighting for equal opportunity, and the idea that I would support limiting opportunity for any segment of society, particularly women, is antithetical to who I am and what I have done.

The men resent a woman getting any honour in what they consider is essentially their field. Men painters mostly despise women painters. So I have decided to stop squirming, to throw any honour in with Canada and women.