Gender Quotes - page 2

The soul has no gender. (Clarissa Pinkola Estes)
I don't think gender is aesthetically defining for me. View quote
Suzanne Vega
Growing up in a Jewish matriarchal world inside the patriarchal paradise of Salt Lake City, Utah, gave me increased perspective on gender issues, as it also did my gay brother and my lesbian sister. Our younger sister is the perfect Jewish-American wife and mother, and is fiercely proud of that fact. View quote
Roseanne Barr
Gender preference does not define you. Your spirit defines you. View quote
P. C. Cast
The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender. View quote
Sandra Day O'Connor
Society as a whole benefits immeasurably from a climate in which all persons, regardless of race or gender, may have the opportunity to earn respect, responsibility, advancement and remuneration based on ability. View quote
Sandra Day O'Connor
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. View quote
Anita Sarkeesian
My idea here is that, inasmuch as certain cognitive tasks and principles are tied to nature's laws, these tasks and principles are indifferent to language, culture, gender, or the particular mode of information that is provided. View quote
Edward R. Tufte
I have no problem with it. I don't look on homosexuality as an aberration. It's just they way they're born, and how could any relationship between two people in a committed relationship be wrong, regardless of gender? View quote
Andrea Thompson
Our true nature is free of any and all notions of gender, of any notions of difference whatsoever. View quote
Andrew Cohen
I'm not convinced that what are traditionally considered to be male energies or qualities or female energies or qualities really have as much to do with gender as many people think they do. (Andrew Cohen)
We have been very conditioned by the cultures that we come from and are usually very identified with the particular gender that we happen to be a member of. View quote
Andrew Cohen
Most men are very attached to the idea of being male, and usually experience a lot of fear and insecurity around the idea of being a man. Most women are very identified with their gender, and also experience a tremendous amount of fear and insecurity. View quote
Andrew Cohen
I'm suspicious of any man or woman who approaches their own liberation with any kind of gender bias. View quote
Andrew Cohen
I am not in favour of quotas. Just put the best person into the job. It is not about gender; it is about experience, leadership and vision. View quote
Angela Ahrendts
We have a history of gender and racial bias on our court that continues to undermine the system. Excluding individuals based on race is antagonistic to the pursuit of justice. View quote
Anita Hill
Success on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is denied access to education, for instance - but also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes. View quote
Adora Svitak
Regarding race or gender or sexuality, one of the great things about art and music is that they can provide people with very little else in common with a similar entry point for discussion, but the discussions still need to happen for life to get more interesting. View quote
Babatunde Adebimpe
Starting early and getting girls on computers, tinkering and playing with technology, games and new tools, is extremely important for bridging the gender divide that exists now in computer science and in technology. View quote
Beth Simone Noveck
I think the advice, regardless of gender, is always be open to conversations with people who do things differently than you do. If you're starting to work in tech, talk to the artists, talk to the lawyers, talk to the people who are interested in other things. View quote
Beth Simone Noveck
I didn't want to be discriminated against because of my gender and status. I promised myself I was never going to be treated as a second-class citizen. (Bianca Jagger)
Sexual, racial, gender violence and other forms of discrimination and violence in a culture cannot be eliminated without changing culture. View quote
Charlotte Bunch
There's a gender in your brain and a gender in your body. For 99 percent of people, those things are in alignment. For transgender people, they're mismatched. That's all it is. It's not complicated, it's not a neurosis. It's a mix-up. It's a birth defect, like a cleft palate. View quote
Chaz Bono
Every American deserves to live in freedom, to have his or her privacy respected and a chance to go as far as their ability and effort will take them - regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic circumstances. View quote
Christopher Dodd
I find the question of whether gender differences are biologically determined or socially constructed to be deeply disturbing. View quote
Carol Gilligan