#gender

Es gibt zwei Sorten von Männern. Die einen verstehen 'etwas von Frauen', die anderen sind solche, die einfach 'Frauen verstehen'. Ich weiß nicht, welche Sorte mir verdächtiger ist. ↗

— Sten Nadolny

#empathy #gender #men #mysogyny #prejudice

And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central to our government. We were right to do so. ↗

— Ed Miliband

#central #challenged #dominated #equality #gender

I say the law should be blind to race, gender and sexual orientation, just as it claims to be blind to wealth and power. There should be no specially protected groups of any kind, except for children, the severely disabled and the elderly, whose physical frailty demands society's care. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#blind #care #children #claims #demands

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

#because #citizen #discriminated #gender #going

Nature chooses who will be transgender; individuals don't choose this. ↗

— Mercedes Ruehl

#chooses #individuals #nature #transgender #who

I don't think people should have boundaries put on them, by themselves or society or another gender, because it's our birthright to experience life in whatever way we feel best suits us. ↗

— Hilary Swank

#because #best #birthright #boundaries #experience

Sexuality and gender don't change anyone's performance on the court. ↗

— Sheryl Swoopes

#change #court #gender #performance #sexuality

The self-esteem of western women is founded on physical being (body mass index, youth, beauty). This creates a tricky emphasis on image, but the internalized locus of self-worth saves lives. Western men are very different. In externalizing the source of their self-esteem, they surrender all emotional independence. (Conquest requires two parties, after all.) A man cannot feel like a man without a partner, corporation, team. Manhood is a game played on the terrain of opposites. It thus follows that male sense of self disintegrates when the Other is absent. ↗

— Antonella Gambotto-Burke

#boys #center #centre #conquest #femininity

It's a secret code," said Calvin. "Girls are not not like boys. If a boy wants to kill you, he says 'I'm going to kill you.' If a girl wants to kill you, she says, 'We need to talk.' That's the code." I gasped. "Has a girl ever wanted to talk to you?" I asked. "Yup," said Calvin. "How come you're still alive?" I asked. "I vomited," said Calvin. ↗

— Lenore Look

#fear #gender #girls #science

There are plenty of images of women in science fiction. There are hardly any women. ↗

— Joanna Russ

#male-gaze #science-fiction #women #science