Women Quotes
This is a large page and a mixed one. Feminist theory, nineteenth-century verse, comedy and plain contempt sit side by side, and the source line is how you tell them apart. Warren Farrell has the most entries, then Shakespeare, Camille Paglia and Mignon McLaughlin.
Some of the best-sourced entries are the plainest. Betty Friedan, in The Feminine Mystique (1963): “The problem lay buried, unspoken for many years in the minds of American women.” Shulamith Firestone, in The Dialectic of Sex (1970), argued that women and love are underpinnings, and that examining them threatens the whole structure of a culture. Dorothy Parker, in Enough Rope (1926), observed that men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
Two statements that are regularly credited to Catharine MacKinnon are flagged here as misattributed. If you are checking one of them, the notes on its page are the place to start.
"The battle for economic independence will be fought with women."
"Congolese women are completely absent from decision-making bodies."
In Milan, there is only one man, who is actually a woman, Kuliscioff.
Women must be present at all levels of decision-making to ensure a fair and just society.”
Mary is a true woman because she is simple and genuine, without any spiritual pretence.
If women can join hands, exchange ideas, then we will have a community that is at peace with itself.
And in my state, in each constituency, the women benefit from women’s grant.
Most women would prefer the sperm of a law professor to that of a law student.
As Emir of Kano, I pushed for codification of putting law to address the rights of women.
A Nigeria where women and girls will be able to reach their full potential.