Sexism Quotes

• Sexism goes so deep that at first it's hard to see; you think it's just reality.

  Alix Kates Shulman

  Reality, Thinking, Firsts

  Alix Kates Shulman (1978). “Burning questions: a novel”, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• There is more sexism in a year's worth of movies than actually exists in a woman's entire lifetime.

  Florence King

  Years, Lifetime

  Florence King (1991). “Lump It Or Leave It”, p.65, Macmillan

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• Sexism has never rendered women powerless. It has either suppressed their strength or exploited it.

  Bell Hooks

  Powerless

  bell hooks (2014). “Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center”, p.95, Routledge

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• Sexism is the foundation on which all tyranny is built. Every social form of hierarchy and abuse is modeled on male-over-female domination.

  Andrea Dworkin

  Peace, Abuse, Foundation

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• Women should remain at home, sit still, and bear children.

  Martin Luther

  Children, Home, Bears

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• Women are socialized to be nice, to be docile. I call it 'shrink to fit': Shrink yourself to fit what others expect of you.

  Meg Ryan

  Nice, Women, Fit

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• A woman can do anything she wants as long as she doesn't do anything she wants! She can go anywhere she likes as long as she stays put!

  Lucille Kallen

  Women, Long, Want

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• I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Success, Dream, Xenophobia

  Twitter post from Aug 14, 2011

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• The is a lot of anti-sexism coming from my point of view as a woman who deals with it every day. I think sexism is a form of discrimination. It is similar to other forms of discrimination. I think people should feel empowered to not take s**t from anyone.

  Juliana Hatfield

  Thinking, People, Discrimination

  Source: chicago.gopride.com

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• The rules of sexism do not free men from the terror of violence; they only keep men from complaining about it.

  Warren Farrell

  Men, Complaining, Violence

  "Why Men Are the Way They Are". Book by Warren Farrell, 1986.

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• Sexism has always been a political stance mediating social domination, enabling white men and black men to share a common sensibility about sex roles and the importance of male domination.

  Bell Hooks

  Sex, Men, White Man

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• There’s no such thing as sexism against men. That's because sexism is prejudice + power. Men are the dominant gender with power in society.

  Anita Sarkeesian

  Men, Prejudice, Gender

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• Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing.

  Patricia Heaton

  Running, Kids, Men

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• That's the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn't.

  Dolores Huerta

  History, Stories, World

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• It is one thing to say, "Some men shall rule," quite another to declare, "All men shall rule," and that in virtue of the most primitive, the most rudimentary attribute they possess, that namely of sex.

  Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi

  Sex, Men, Male Dominance

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• So, my unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this. When faced with sexism, or ageism, or lookism, or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself the following question: “Is this person in between me and what I want to do?” If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. Then, when you’re in charge, don’t hire the people who were jerky to you.

  Tina Fey

  Inspirational, Witty, Funny Motivational

  "Bossypants". Book by Tina Fey, April 5, 2011.

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• It seems to be generally acknowledged that sexism is far from defeated, flourishing through religions and other reactionary ideologies, which would definitely and gladly erase the concept of feminism.

  Laura Mulvey

  Feminism, Defeated, Flourishing

  Source: en.aup.nl

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• In real life these women experienced different sides of the same sexism coin. People who didn't like Hillary called her a ballbuster. People who didn't like Sarah called her Caribou Barbie. People attempted to marginalize these women based on their gender.

  Tina Fey

  Real, People, Barbie

  "Tina Fey and Amy Poehler: sisters in comedy rip into the boys' club" by Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. December 18, 2015.

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• You can't be a strong or cool woman and be represented except in a harsh way, looking mean and cold and hard. It's like reverse sexism.

  Kim Gordon

  Strong, Mean, Way

  "Kim Gordon: life after Sonic Youth". Interview with Dorian Lynskey, www.theguardian.com. February 15, 2014.

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• We need to raise our sons more like our daughters. We need to relieve them of this burden of the idea that to be masculine they have to be superior, which is what they get addicted to, and why both racism and sexism are crimes that I call superiority crimes.

  Gloria Steinem

  Daughter, Son, Ideas

  Source: www.elle.com

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• That notion that we're in the post-racism, post-sexism world is so not true.

  Margaret Cho

  Racism, World, Notion

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Sports, Opportunity, Games

  "Olympics: Now make a level playing field for women" by Jackie Joyner-Kersee, www.cnn.com. August 14, 2012.

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• It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.

  Ingrid Newkirk

  Racism, Racist, Supremacy

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• Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.

  Claude Pepper

  Racism, Age, Racist

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