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Gender relations45 quotes
Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist bothers to buy a bottle of wine. — Andrea Dworkin · 1979Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed. — Oscar Wilde · 1890Women always ready to settle down. Shit, a woman goes on four good dates, she's like "Why are we bullshittin'? What are you waiting for?" Men—never ready to settle down. Men don't settle down. We surrender. — Chris Rock · 1996She assured them, too, of her firm belief, that, at some brighter period, when the world should have grown ripe for it, in Heaven's own time, a new truth would be revealed, in order to establish the whole relation between man and woman on a surer ground of mutual happiness. — Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1850Chivalry is dead. And women killed it. — Dave Chappelle · 2000I hate men, but I’m not a lesbian. — Elaine Benes · 1992All 45 quotes →Men and women29 quotes
Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed. — Oscar Wilde · 1890Women always ready to settle down. Shit, a woman goes on four good dates, she's like "Why are we bullshittin'? What are you waiting for?" Men—never ready to settle down. Men don't settle down. We surrender. — Chris Rock · 1996I hate men, but I’m not a lesbian. — Elaine Benes · 1992I said "biiiitch"… — Craig · 2012These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can't live with them, or without them! — Aristophanes · 411 BCNow, we are becoming the men we wanted to marry. — Gloria Steinem · 1982All 29 quotes →Women10 quotes
I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves. — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can't live with them, or without them! — Aristophanes · 411 BCNow, we are becoming the men we wanted to marry. — Gloria Steinem · 1982I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man. — George Meredith · 1859It is hard for a woman to define her feelings in a language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs. — Thomas Hardy · 1874Perhaps it is no wonder that the women were first at the Cradle and last at the Cross. They had never known a man like this Man-there has never been such another... Who never made arch jokes about them, never treated them either as "The women, God help us", or "The ladies, God bless them!" — Dorothy L. Sayers · 1946All 10 quotes →Oppression of women7 quotes
Woman's degradation is in man's idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customers, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton · 1860Women have been called queens a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling. — Louisa May Alcott · 1869The principle which regulates the existing social relations between the two sexes—the legal subordination of one sex to the other—is wrong in itself, and now one of the chief hindrances to human improvement. — John Stuart Mill · 1869It is humbling to reflect, that in those countries in which the fondness for the mere persons of women is carried to the highest excess, they are slaves; and that their moral and intellectual degradation increases in direct proportion to the adoration which is paid to mere external charms. — Hannah More · 1799The 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 Stanton · 1848In a world ordered by sexual imbalance, pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female. The determining male gaze projects its fantasy onto the female figure, which is styled accordingly. — Laura Mulvey · 1975All 7 quotes →Patriarchy7 quotes
The principle which regulates the existing social relations between the two sexes—the legal subordination of one sex to the other—is wrong in itself, and now one of the chief hindrances to human improvement. — John Stuart Mill · 1869It is hard for a woman to define her feelings in a language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs. — Thomas Hardy · 1874Man for the field and woman for the hearth:
Man for the sword and for the needle she:
Man with the head and woman with the heart:
Man to command and woman to obey;
All else confusion. — Alfred Tennyson · 1847It is humbling to reflect, that in those countries in which the fondness for the mere persons of women is carried to the highest excess, they are slaves; and that their moral and intellectual degradation increases in direct proportion to the adoration which is paid to mere external charms. — Hannah More · 1799Perhaps it is no wonder that the women were first at the Cradle and last at the Cross. They had never known a man like this Man-there has never been such another... Who never made arch jokes about them, never treated them either as "The women, God help us", or "The ladies, God bless them!" — Dorothy L. Sayers · 1946Man is, or should be, woman's protector and defender. The natural and proper timidity and delicacy which belongs to the female sex evidently unfits it for many of the occupations of civil life. The Constitution of the family organization, which is founded in the divine ordinance, as well as the nature of things, indicates the domestic sphere as that which properly belongs to the domain and functions of womanhood... The paramount destiny and mission of woman are to fulfil the noble and benign offices of wife and mother. This is the law of the Creator. — Joseph P. Bradley · 1873All 7 quotes →Marriage5 quotes
Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed. — Oscar Wilde · 1890No slave is a slave to the same lengths, and in so full a sense of the word, as a wife is. — John Stuart Mill · 1869Even if a husband lives two hundred fucking years, he'll never be able to discover his wife's real nature. I mean, I might be able to comprehend the universe, but, I'll never discover the truth about you. Never. — Paul · 1972Meek wifehood is no part of my profession;
I am your friend, but never your possession. — Vera Brittain · 1926Therefore don't you be gentle to your wife either. Don't tell her everything you know, but tell her one thing and keep another thing hidden. — Homer · 700 BCFriendship between men and women2 quotes
No man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive he always wants to have sex with her. — Harry Burns · 1989Men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way. — Harry Burns · 1989Relationships2 quotes
Women always ready to settle down. Shit, a woman goes on four good dates, she's like "Why are we bullshittin'? What are you waiting for?" Men—never ready to settle down. Men don't settle down. We surrender. — Chris Rock · 1996I said "biiiitch"… — Craig · 2012Trustworthiness of women2 quotes
There is no more trusting in women. — Homer · 700 BCTherefore don't you be gentle to your wife either. Don't tell her everything you know, but tell her one thing and keep another thing hidden. — Homer · 700 BCWomen's rights2 quotes
I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves. — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792In this century, which is the century of light and the revelation of mysteries... It is well established that mankind and womankind as parts of composite humanity are coequal and that no difference in estimate is allowable, for all are human. — Abdu'l-Baha · 1912Chivalry is dead1 quote
Chivalry is dead. And women killed it. — Dave Chappelle · 2000Conflict in relationships1 quote
I said "biiiitch"… — Craig · 2012Equality1 quote
In this century, which is the century of light and the revelation of mysteries... It is well established that mankind and womankind as parts of composite humanity are coequal and that no difference in estimate is allowable, for all are human. — Abdu'l-Baha · 1912Evolutionary psychology1 quote
Millions of years of evolution, right? Right? Men have to stick it in every place they can, but for women, women it is just about security and commitment and whatever the fuck else! — Alice Harford · 1999Feminism1 quote
Now, we are becoming the men we wanted to marry. — Gloria Steinem · 1982Friendship1 quote
No man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive he always wants to have sex with her. — Harry Burns · 1989Gender roles1 quote
Man for the field and woman for the hearth:
Man for the sword and for the needle she:
Man with the head and woman with the heart:
Man to command and woman to obey;
All else confusion. — Alfred Tennyson · 1847Hating men1 quote
I hate men, but I’m not a lesbian. — Elaine Benes · 1992Male ego1 quote
Guys love it when you can show them you're better than they are at something they love. — Leslie Knope · 2009Misandry1 quote
I hate men, but I’m not a lesbian. — Elaine Benes · 1992Nature of men1 quote
Men are rats, listen to me, they're fleas on rats, worse than that, they're amoebas on fleas on rats. I mean, they're too low for even the dogs to bite. The only man a girl can depend on is her daddy. — Frenchie · 1978Nature of women1 quote
I'm all for that. Especially with women. You know, they may not admit it, but they all want a man to…take charge. Tell them what to do. — Darryl Jenks · 1988Progress1 quote
She assured them, too, of her firm belief, that, at some brighter period, when the world should have grown ripe for it, in Heaven's own time, a new truth would be revealed, in order to establish the whole relation between man and woman on a surer ground of mutual happiness. — Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1850Rape1 quote
Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist bothers to buy a bottle of wine. — Andrea Dworkin · 1979Secrets1 quote
Therefore don't you be gentle to your wife either. Don't tell her everything you know, but tell her one thing and keep another thing hidden. — Homer · 700 BCSex1 quote
Men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way. — Harry Burns · 1989Societal values1 quote
It is the masculine values that prevail... This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing room. — Virginia Woolf · 1929Women's attractiveness1 quote
In a world ordered by sexual imbalance, pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female. The determining male gaze projects its fantasy onto the female figure, which is styled accordingly. — Laura Mulvey · 1975Women's empowerment1 quote
Now, we are becoming the men we wanted to marry. — Gloria Steinem · 1982