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We cannot fight for love as men may do.
We should be woo’d, and were not made to woo.
William Shakespeare1564–1616A Midsummer Night’s Dream (c. 1595), Act II, Scene I, spoken by HelenaIn context
- Love
Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.
William Shakespeare1564–1616As You Like It (c. 1599), Act IV, Scene I, spoken by RosalindIn context
- Marriage
- Men
The lady protests too much, methinks.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Hamlet (c. 1600), Act III, Scene II, spoken by QueenIn context
- Truth & Lies
The fickleness of the women I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950The Philanderer (1893), Act II
- Love
Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings.
MSMarie Shear1940–2017Often credited to Cheris Kramerae
You know, there’s a million fine looking women in the world, dude. But they don’t all bring you lasagna at work. Most of ‘em just cheat on you.
Kevin Smithborn 1970Clerks
Having a male gynecologist is like going to an auto mechanic who doesn’t own a car.
CSCarrie Snowborn 1901
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton1815–1902First Woman’s Rights Convention, Seneca Falls, New York, [July, 19-20, 1848]. Declaration of Sentiments.
Women’s degradation is in man’s idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man. Come what will, my whole soul rejoices in the truth that I have uttered.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton1815–1902Letter to Susan B. Anthony (June 14, 1860).
The darkest page in history is the persecutions of woman.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton1815–1902The Woman’s Bible (1898)
- History
The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton1815–1902Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls Convention (July 19-20, 1848).
- History
Each woman who lives in the light of eternity can fulfill her vocation, no matter if it is in marriage, in a religious order, or in a worldly profession.
Edith Stein1891–1942Spirituality of the Christian Woman (1932)
In my heart, I think a woman has two choices: Either she’s a feminist or a masochist.
Gloria Steinem1934–2026
Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That’s their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood.
Gloria Steinem1934–2026“Sisterhood” in New York (20 December 1971), p. 49
Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age.
Gloria Steinem1934–2026Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions (1983), p. 377
- Age