Feminism Gender Quotes

“Governments have always tried to crush reform movements, to destroy ideas, to kill the thing that cannot die. Without regard to history, which shows that no Government have ever succeeded in doing this, they go on trying in the old, senseless way.”
― Emmeline Pankhurst, My Own Story

“It was true. Men could be with whomever they pleased. But women had to date better, kinder, richer, and bright, bright, bright, or else people got embarrassed.”
― Lorrie Moore, Birds of America: Stories

“She was simply Asha, a woman on her own. Had the situation been otherwise, she might not have come to know her own brain.”
― Katherine Boo

“If you can't tell from my rap lyrics already, yes I am a feminist. And when I'm saying "hoe" or "bitch" I am actually referring to men. ...That sounded bad, in someway. But at the end of the day, I'm sick of rappers using "bitches" and "hoes" as terms towards women. Feminists are NOT a hate group. Feminists are not all female. Nor has it got an anti-male agenda. It's about equality! I've had a weird, special bond with women since I was a kid. And it's just a shame really that I'm gay.”
― Scott McGoldrick

“Feminism was not a gimmicky bandwagon that she jumped onto the short-cut road to fame.”
― Tina Sequeira, Bhumi: A Collection of Short Stories