Gender Criticism Quotes

“Maleness means war.”
― Charlotte Perkins Gilman

“Nowhere else in the whole range of life on earth, is this degradation found--the female capering and prancing before the male. It is absolutely and essentially his function, not hers.”
― Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Man-Made World

“The adjectives and derivatives based on woman's distinctions are alien and derogatory when applied to human affairs; "effeminate"--too female, connotes contempt, but has no masculine analogue; whereas "emasculate"--not enough male, is a term of reproach, and has no feminine analogue. 'Virile'--manly, we oppose to 'puerile'--childish, and the very world 'virtue' is derived from 'vir'--a man.”
― Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Man-made World: Or, our Androcentric Culture

“When I look at the US now, I am devastated and angry that we live in a country that supports the narrative that it is okay to medicalize young girls and women by prescribing testosterone and performing mastectomies as a first response to the girls’ gender confusion, stress, or mental health concerns.”
― Lisa Shultz, The Trans Train: A Parent's Perspective on Transgender Medicalization and Ideology