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The outcry against killing women, if you accept killing at all, is sheer sentimentality. Why is it worse to kill a woman than a man? — George Orwell

BDSM is not liberating nor does it promote equality between men and women. — J.F. Kelly

Why should their liberty than ours be more? — William Shakespeare

I would love for women to be focused on maximum wage, and I have fought to be recognized with equality for a long time. — Marsha Blackburn

I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership. — Patricia Ireland

Women have a lot to say about how to advance women's rights, and governments need to learn from that, listen to the movement and respond. — Charlotte Bunch

When men and women produce a baby together for the first time, it's an absolute festival of mutual incompetence.
From The Wife Drought — Annabel Crabb

The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress. — Charles Fourier

How is it women have equality when it comes to taking a hit but the rest of the time they're just some guy's property? — Joanna Wylde

I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as incompetent as some of the men who are already there. — Maureen Reagan

Women's empowerment is intertwined with respect for human rights. — Mahnaz Afkhami

In the struggle for female equality, Maud reflected, sometimes you had to fight women as well as men. — Ken Follett

Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyone's responsibility. — Ban Ki-moon

Your life can be different, Young Ju. Study and be strong. In America, women have choices. — An Na

Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors. — Cato The Elder

A state that does not educate and train women is like a man who only trains his right arm. — Jostein Gaarder

The only hope for civilization is the greater freedom, development and equality of women. — William Moulton Marston

Like other women who sought equality, the amount of trouble I cause is inversely proportional to my physical size. — Cassandra Duffy

In love; it's only those who trust each other, who can make it until the end. — Auliq Ice

I am passionate about the things that I believe in like equality, free will, justice and love. — Trish Kaye Lleone

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own. — Audre Lorde

The vote is the emblem of your equality, women of America, the guarantee of your liberty. — Carrie Chapman Catt

There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver. — Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Men and women should own the world as a mutual possession. — Pearl S. Buck

The central argument of the backlash - that women's equality is responsible for women's unhappiness. — Susan Faludi

Men are not from Mars and women are not from Venus instead we are all people. Deal with it. — Shahla Khan

To me, feminism means equality between men and women. I want to make people laugh and also point out some injustices or inequalities I see. — Amy Schumer

She was simply Asha, a woman on her own. Had the situation been otherwise, she might not have come to know her own brain. — Katherine Boo

Why should there be one law for men, and another for women? — Oscar Wilde

One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man. — Marlo Thomas

The word feminism has become synonymous with man-hating when in fact it has more to do with women than men. — Aysha Taryam

The media says that equality for women has arrived, but if you look around, you still don't see girls playing guitars and having success with it. — Joan Jett

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. — Timothy Leary

I believe the era of the militant lady is back. — Sara Sheridan

Men can go to hell! I'll meet them there. — Ljupka Cvetanova

The only way to ensure equality for women is to clearly declare it in our Constitution. — Carolyn Maloney

The first step in providing economic equality for women is to ensure a stable economy in which every person who wants to work can work. — Jimmy Carter

Women Who Seek Equality With Men Lack Ambition — Patty Sheehan

But for I am a woman should I therefore live that I should not tell you the goodness of God? — Julian Of Norwich

Friends, haters, it's Twitter poll time. What do you think most holds back justice and equality for women? All thoughts welcome! — Olivia Wilde

Women are extraordinary creatures! — Roman Payne

The battles over women's bodies can be won only by a revolution of the mind — Mona Eltahawy

I think men are allowed to be fat and bald and ugly and women aren't. And it's just not - there is no equality there. — Connie Chung

When men imagine a female uprising, they imagine a world in which women rule men as men have ruled women. — Sally Kempton

More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development. — Kofi Annan

The battle for women's rights has been largely won. — Margaret Thatcher

Equality? They ought to play the women's final on opening day. Everybody knows who's going to be in it. — Jimmy Connors

All my life I've believed that men and women have equal capacities and talents ... consequently there should be equality in life's chances. — Julia Gillard

Men's greatest weakness is their facade of strength, and women's greatest strength is their facade of weakness. — Warren Farrell

Gender empowerment doesn't mean discrimination, It only means equality. — Mohith Agadi

My mum fought for feminism in her day so instilled in me the importance of equality. She taught me so much about women. — Chris Evans

True equality of the sexes comes when a psychological unity of the masculine and feminine forces of one's own mind has been made. — Serena Jade

Equality for women is progress for all. — Ban Ki-moon

I'm just about equality, period. It's not like, I'm a woman, women should be in charge! I just want there to be equality for everybody. — Miley Cyrus

Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view. — Jenny Shipley

An idea like equality between men and women, which is now accepted in the West, is quite new. — Antonio Munoz Molina

Bah! Suffragettes. I've no time for suffragettes. They made the biggest mistake in history. They went for equality. They should have gone for power! — Jennifer Worth

Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women. — Joss Whedon

I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality. — Agnes Macphail

If you're an extraordinarily gifted woman, the door is open. What women are fighting for is the right to be as mediocre as men. — Grace Hartigan

It may be a man's world, but men are easily controlled by women. — Ashly Lorenzana

Wasn't that the point of the book? For women to realize, We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I'd thought. — Kathryn Stockett

The Nordic countries are leading the way on women's equality, recognizing women as equal citizens rather than commodities for sale. — Johanna Siguroardottir

Blatant, intentional discrimination against women is far from being something merely to be read about in history books. — Cordelia Fine

When they go low, we go high. — Michelle Obama

Whether consciously or not, sexist God language undermines the human equality of women made in the divine image and likeness. — Elizabeth A. Johnson

Since men are not equals in white supremacist, capitalist, patriarchal class structure, which men do women want to be equal to? — Bell Hooks

I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves. — Mary Wollstonecraft

Women won't have total equality until men can get pregnant. — Diana Palmer

I'd like every man who doesn't call himself a feminist to explain to the women in his life why he doesn't believe in equality for women. — Louise Brealey

There's no fuzzy middle ground. You either believe that women are people or you don't. It's that simple. — Joss Whedon

There needs to be radical development in equality law to create the environment to allow women to stay in work. — Ken Livingstone

Being a feminist is like being pregnant. You either are or you are not. You either believe in the full equality of men and women or you do not. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The connection between women's human rights, gender equality, socioeconomic development and peace is increasingly apparent. — Mahnaz Afkhami

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Women are the twin-halves of men. — Idries Shah

Until both men and women are allowed to be who we are rather than who we are supposed to be, it will be impossible to achieve freedom and equality. — Brene Brown

I always go with the dictionary definition of feminism, which is just social, political and economic equality for women. — Jessica Valenti

I am an educated black woman in a time when educated black people will be called upon to risk everything for the rights of black people everywhere. — Allan Dare Pearce

Demands for equality for women are threats to men's self-esteem and sense of sexual turf. — Alice S. Rossi

But females in even the most advanced Muslim countries are simply, by law, not the equal of men. — Bill Maher

Women must have economic and social equality with men. — Margaret Sanger

A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men. — Gloria Steinem

What is being called the UN 'gender architecture' is more like a shack. Women need a bigger global house if equality is ever to become a reality. — Charlotte Bunch

Women who insist upon having the same options as men would do well to consider the option of being the strong, silent type — Fran Lebowitz

Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits. — Mike Honda

Women have talent and intelligence but, due to social constraints and prejudices, it is still a long distance away from the goal of gender equality. — Pratibha Patil

I never understood why women wanted equality in the workplace when in fact, that would be selling them short. — Jay Samit

Women empowerment begins at home! — Alex Haditaghi

A few British suffragettes everybody laughed at started the cause of equality between men and women. — Antonio Munoz Molina

We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around. — Geraldine Ferraro

If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves? — Mary Astell

He - and if there is a God, I am convinced he is a he, because no woman could or would ever fuck things up this badly. — George Carlin

Violence against women isn't cultural, it's criminal. Equality cannot come eventually, it's something we must fight for now. — Samantha Power

A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult. — Melinda Gates

Teach her to question men who can have empathy for women only if they see them as relational rather than as individual equal humans. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men. — Henry Ward Beecher

For you know that any evil spoken of women so generally only hurts those who say it, not women themselves. — Christine De Pizan

When women progress, all of society benefits. — Hillary Clinton

Men of quality are not threatened by women of equality — Thomas Jefferson

I am passionate about any effort to achieve social justice and equality, particularly for women. — Christy Turlington