Our Favorite Quotes: What Wise Women Have to Say About Gender Equality
As you can imagine, women have a lot to say about gender equality, so the team at GenderAvenger is taking an opportunity to share a few of their favorite quotes by women, about women. Enjoy!
Gina Glantz, GenderAvenger Founder
“Women challenge the status quo because we are never it.”
— Cindy Gallop, advertising maven
“Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common.”
— Dorothy Parker, writer
Amber Coleman-Mortley, Social Media
“If I participate, knowingly or otherwise, in my sister’s oppression and she calls me on it, to answer her anger with my own only blankets the substance of our exchange with reaction.”
— Audre Lorde, writer, civil rights activist
“We have to teach our boys the rules of equality and respect, so that as they grow up, gender equality becomes a natural way of life. And we have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible.”
— Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, performer
Dan Schultz, Technology Lead
“This is not my mess to fix. But people who were in a position to make these mistakes, and are also willing to use their same position to fix them, are few and far between. If we all step up to the best of our ability, whether that’s by leaving or staying, whether that’s by speaking up or encouraging others to speak, whether that’s by burning or building institutions, it’s my hope that we can start holding those in power accountable and creating structural change.”
— Kate Darling, research specialist
“My totally reasonable amount of self-confidence is not a syndrome; dudes' bloated senses of self-worth and the expectations we’ve built around them are. Correct accordingly.”
— Christina Xu, ethnographer
Elan Morgan, Web Designer + Editor
“We must reject not only the stereotypes that others hold of us, but also the stereotypes that we hold of ourselves.”
— Shirley Chisholm, first Black woman elected to Congress
“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn't be that women are the exception.”
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice
Jen Vento, Project Manager
“The difference between a broken community and a thriving one is the presence of women who are valued.”
— Michelle Obama, former First Lady of the United States
“If one man can destroy everything, why can't one girl change it?”
— Malala Yousafzai, activist for female education
Kris-Ann Race, Content Manager
“I'm so sick of running as fast as I can wondering if I'd get there quicker if I was a man.”
— Taylor Swift, performer
“How can we effect change in the world when only half of it is invited or feel welcome to participate in the conversation?”
— Emma Watson, actress and activist
Morra Aarons-Mele, Advisor
“After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.”
— Ann Richards, former Governor of Texas
“I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.”
— Pat Schroeder, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives