Feminisim Quotes

“And, you know, politics aside, the success of Sarah Palin and women like her is good for all women - except, of course —those who will end up, you know, like, paying for their own rape ‘kit ‘n’ stuff, But for everybody else, it’s a win-win. Unless you’re a gay woman who wants to marry your partner of 20 years - whatever. But for most women, the success of conservative women is good for all of us. Unless you believe in evolution. You know - actually, I take it back. The whole thing’s a disaster.”
― Tina Fey

“كل إمرىء يحيا حياتهُ وعليه أن يجد طريقهُ بين متشعب المسالك, وهو مسؤول عن كل عملٍ يأتيه ويتحمل نتاجه, إن فائدة وإن أذى. فالفتاة التي اعتادت الإنقياد لآراء والديها وعجزت عن إتيان عمل فردي تدفعها إليه إرادتها بالإشتراك مع ضميرها, ما هي إلا عبدة قد تصير في المستقبل "والدة" ولكنها لا تصير "أماً" وإن دعاها أبنائها بهذا الإسم. لأن في الأمومة معنى رفيعاً يسمو بالمرأة إلى الإشراف على النفوس والأفكار والعبدة لا تربي إلا عبيداً. ولا خير في رجالٍ ليس لهم من الرجولة غير ما يدعون, إن هم سادوا فعلوا بالقوة الوحشية وهي مظهر من مظاهر العبودية. أولئك سوف يكونون أبداً أسرى الأهواء وعبيد الصغائر الهابطة بهم إلى حيث لا يعلمون, إلى الفناء المعنوي, إلى الموت في الحياة.”
― مي زيادة

“Sometimes I dislike women, I dislike us all, because of our capacity for not-thinking when it suits us; we choose not to think when we are reaching our for happiness.”
― Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook

“She was a free bird: queen of the world and laughing.”
― Roman Payne, The Wanderess

“[It] began to seem amazing how often it was assumed that having a vagina automatically meant I was less intelligent, talented, capable, and interesting than the world's least interesting human being who happened to have a penis.”
― Francine Prose

“Lovely, quite girl, no trouble, no trouble at all. You wouldn't even know she was in the house. That is often the yarn twisted around women's wrists.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine

“This myth of meritocracy and equal opportunities encourages individualism over collective action, because when people believe this myth, they obviously see no need for protest movements around particular classes or identities, such as the Women's Movement or the Civil Rights workplace, education or in their personal lives, they are more likely to blame themselves, rather than sexism, racism, class oppression or homophobia; concepts which in current society are often seen as out of date. This type of blame even applies to experiences of actual violence or harassment with too many people believing that it is their fault if they are sexually harassed in the workplace or at school, abused by a partner or are a victim of sexual violence. Our society encourages this view, and in turn, that keeps people isolated and alone, rather than providing them the opportunity to get involved in collective struggles against such common experiences.”
― Finn Mackay

“In response to [the Philistine] threat [in the ninth century B.C.], the Hebrews could no longer rely on the leadership of 'judges,' ad hoc military leaders (some of them, peculiarly, women; perhaps reflecting as feminists claim, and earlier matriarchal society).”
― Norman F. Cantor, Antiquity: The Civilization of the Ancient World

“People in the industry kept telling me intimate and unsolicited details about their sex lives. I realized that pornography was as much an attitude or lifestyle as it was a business. The line between private and public was sometimes blurred to the point of being erased.”
― Wendy McElroy, XXX: A Woman's Right to Pornography

“Laudy laud! is my new phrase for the hero worship that butters the human bread.”
― Linda Robinson

“I'm often asked if I'm a feminist. This I suspect has something to do with the fact that I write a column called Fe-mail and most people lack imagination. My answer is always a firm 'now' because I refuse to have my femininity define me or indeed put me on the back foot. Life is already full of challenges, why make my gender another one? It's just too exhausting, and ultimately, I suspect, futile. I am not fighting to prove my worth or my ability as a woman, but rather as a person. And of course I speak not on behalf of, or against, millions of women across the world who must forcibly negotiate cultures, religions, societies, or families that genuinely oppress (sometimes in the most brutal ways) but rather those women-educated and free-who cry foul at the merest hint of male dominance. Chill the F^*k out and just get on with your own life. Because you know what? All those nasty evil men you're huffing and puffing about, they're not giving you a moment's thought. They're too busy aggressively going after what they want with no thought of barriers or blocks or unfair this or that.”
― Amy Mowafi, Fe-mail 2

“Yeshua was a feminist. A feminist is a person who is in favor of, and promotes, the equality of women with men, who advocates and practices treating women primarily as human persons (as men are so treated) and willingly contravenes social customs in so acting.”
― Leonard Swidler

“Techniques for making decision:
- Fill in the gaps (Discuss with domain experts)
- Have a Go-To Team (Team that understands you and are aligned with your core values)
- Pull in the stake holders
- Visualize what your world would look like with that decision
- Take emotions out of the decision (Take time if needed)
- Think in advance about the worst case scenario
- Mitigate the risk of worst case scenario”
― Fran Hauser, The Myth of the Nice Girl: Achieving a Career You Love Without Becoming a Person You Hate

“This book provides pornography with an ideology. It gives back to women what anti-porn feminism has taken away: the right to pursue their own sexuality without shame or apology, without guilt or censure.”
― Wendy McElroy, XXX: A Woman's Right to Pornography

“For over a decade, I have defended the right of women to consume pornography and to be involved in its production. In 1984, when the Los Angeles City Council first debated whether or not to pass an anti-pornography ordinance, I was one of two people -and the only woman-who stood up and went on record against the measure. I argued that the right to work in pornography was a direct extension of the principle "A woman's body, a woman's right.”
― Wendy McElroy, XXX: A Woman's Right to Pornography

“Despite white feminist narratives to the contrary, there is no absence of feminism inside Islam, the Black church, or any other community. The women inside those communities are doing the hard and necessary work; they don’t need white saviors, and they don’t need to structure their feminism to look like anyone else’s. They just need to not have to constantly combat the white supremacist patriarchy from the outside while they work inside their communities.”
― Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

“Anti-pornography (or radical) feminists will consider me a heretic-fit only for burning. Or, to put it in more politically correct terms, I am a woman who is so psychologically damaged by patriarchy that I have fallen in love with my own oppression. My arguments will be dismissed. In other words, if I enjoy pornography, it is not because I am a unique human being with different preferences. It is because I am psychologically ill.”
― Wendy McElroy, XXX: A Woman's Right to Pornography

“The majority of people are not fully committed to either the right or the left. Nor either to censorship or to absolute freedom of speech. People are too caught up in the daily struggle for survival to pour a lot of energy into ideology.”
― Wendy McElroy, XXX: A Woman's Right to Pornography

“The message of this book is: There's nothing to be afraid of. Pornography is part of a healthy free flow of information about sex. This is information our society badly needs. It is a freedom women need.”
― Wendy McElroy, XXX: A Woman's Right to Pornography