Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Gender Roles Quotes
EqualityFeminismGender RolesJusticeRecognition Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn't women have their share? Soldiers and war heroes are honored and commemorated, explorers are granted immortal fame, martyrs are revered, but how many people look upon women too as soldiers?
AssertivenessEmpowermentGender RolesHistorical ContextWomen S Rights We needed to be assertive as women in those days - assertive and aggressive - and the degree to which we had to be that way depended on where you were. I had to be.
AggressionBehavioral DevelopmentChildhood PlayGender RolesImagination Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout 'Bang!'
EducationEmpowermentGender RolesIndependenceSociety My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S.
FeminismGender EqualityGender RolesSocial DynamicsSociety I always thought that there was nothing an antifeminist would want more than to have women only in women's organizations, in their own little corner empathizing with each other and not touching a man's world.
Gender RolesIdentityPower DynamicsSelf-DiscoverySocietal Expectations For me, masculinity is about control, and femininity is more of an embrace, the art of listening. It's very inspiring to explore the shadows of masculinity and femininity, and the tensions between both, and the place of women in the world right now.
ConflictGender RolesPeacePhilosophyWar War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.
Gender RolesGovernanceLeadershipSocietyUnderstanding Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
ContentmentGender RolesLeadership For most of my life I let women do the driving and was happy to let them.
Gender DynamicsGender RolesHistorical PerspectivesIntelligenceSocietal Expectations In the '50s, too many women, even though they were very smart, they tried to make the man feel that he was brainier. It was a sad thing.
Family DynamicsGender RolesSacrificeSocietal ExpectationsWomen's Roles The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.
Emotional SupportGender RolesMotherhoodResilienceStrength Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.
Gender RolesGender StereotypesSociety Expectations Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.
EtiquetteFemininityFood And LuxuryGender RolesSociety and Culture A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.
Gender RolesSelf-SupportSocietal ExpectationsWomen S Empowerment Women of all classes are awakening to the necessity of self-support, but few are willing to do the ordinary useful work for which they are fitted.
CriticismGender RolesHistoryMoralityReligion We found nothing grand in the history of the Jews nor in the morals inculcated in the Pentateuch. I know of no other books that so fully teach the subjection and degradation of woman.
Appearance and RespectCommunity and Social NormsFamily ValuesGender Roles Sisters, when about their work, should not put on clothing which would make them look like images to frighten the crows from the corn. It is more gratifying to their husbands and children to see them in a becoming, well-fitting, attire, than it can be to merely visitors or strangers.
