Equality Issues Quotes

Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected to act like men, we will never be as good at being men as men are.

To reduce gaps between men and women, we will need to change the way people think, behave, and relate to each other.

Gender discrimination is not the only form of discrimination one has to deal with.

American servicewomen will continue to be viewed as second-class warriors if leaders push them to take up the customs of countries where women are second-class citizens.

I don't think we live in a particularly equal society.

I just think that we're all trying to make ourselves emaciated, in order to pretend that we're all disappearing, as we move forward in every level of society and it's so frightening. This is all a big reaction to the fact that there are more women in medical school than there are men now and I am pretty sure it will be the same soon in law schools and in business.

The feminists have a legitimate grievance. But so does everyone else.

The great fault in women is to desire to be like men.

Islam is in principle egalitarian, and has always had problems with power.

Women are a great civilizing force in any society and when they are repressed things don’t work very well.

Having the vote is just symbolic. There are still many issues on which women don't have any right and, in many countries, where women are given very very few rights.

I'm 100 percent serious. I've been fighting for equality for women's issues my entire life, in the military included.

American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality.

I think the differences between men and women, it's kind of hard to define what those are and the challenges, what they are. I think there are challenging things for everybody.

No matter how irrelevant social class now is, even the most eager egalitarian must be quietly proud that the posh English rose is still an industry standard for peerlessly sophisticated beauty.

We have a problem with dealing with race in our country. We have a problem with dealing with marriage equality and equality in general. These are complex, divisive issues in our society, and I think that the only way we further this conversation is to take them down to a very human scale.

We must confront our own racism. Discriminatory housing and employment policies are nothing more than institutionalised racism.

In articulating all my feelings about marriage equality, I almost don't know where to begin. And perhaps that's part of the problem. Why do we have to explain ourselves when it comes to issues of fairness and equality? Why is common sense not enough?

Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.

Men don't have as many difficulties and are more supported to combine the different aspects of their life.

Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are inferior.

I think it's good that we're talking about it, but I think there's still a gendered nature to the way that people see female directors' skill sets. And I think we need to keep examining that. I don't know if people know how complicated the issue really is.

Feminism in some ways has become quite dormant.

It's kind of heartbreaking when I talk about it now, I still get very moved by the lack of opportunities that were available to myself and to the very few others who were Hispanic young actresses.

Women are equal because they are not different any more.