Top 1200 Gender Roles Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

The problem with the way we discuss gender is that it tends to be "Let's sympathize with women" or "Let's sympathize with men."

I watched my parents act as completely equal partners in their relationship, and as a son to a woman I respect immensely, I never thought of gender inequality as a child.

Sports fandom transcends gender, race, language, political preference, socioeconomic status, or any other way you can think of slicing this planet.

Thanks to advancements in gender equality, you now have salty women like me who not only follow politics but also share their opinions on the daily.

We need to stop judging individuals based on their race, profession, gender, religion, or anything other than their own individual behavior and character.

You just wish sometimes that people would treat you like a human being rather than seeing your gender first and who you are second.

Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer. No matter what race or religion or nationality or sexual orientation or gender that you are, it has the power to unite us.

If parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out.

Love is so much more than gender: You fall in love with a person.

It is illegal to discriminate on the basis of pregnancy or gender. It is not illegal to talk about it.

Every woman who proves that it is not about gender but about excellence paves the way.

Non-binary is a term used by some people, myself included, who feel that their gender identity falls outside the tradition boxes of man or woman.

We must focus on people as people, regardless of race, creed, color or gender.

I'm very committed to anti-racism and gender equality - political issues, but not party political.

Yes, there's a problem with gender as it is today, and we must fix it, we must do better.

The fact I'm the third female Prime Minister, I never grew up believing my gender would stand in the way of doing anything I wanted.

The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be, rather than recognising how we are.

I didn't come out as gay; I came out as I don't really believe in gender.

If someone believes they are limited by their gender, race or background, they will become more limited.

To me gender is not physical at all, but is altogether insubstantial. It is soul, perhaps, it is talent, it is taste, it is environment, it is how one feels, it is light and shade, it is inner music.

Since Gamergate, many women I know are reluctant to speak publicly on gender issues, because they fear - rightly - that they will be targeted and harassed.

Gender no longer forms an essential part of marriage; marriage under law is a union of equals.

Look what I know about directing; is it goes beyond gender. You might see some qualities that are inherently female in the great male directors.

We have a history of gender and racial bias on our court that continues to undermine the system. Excluding individuals based on race is antagonistic to the pursuit of justice.

At the end of the day, the real goal of fashion is to create clothes that make you feel as comfortable as possible, inside and out - no matter what your gender.

The gaming industry is a fairly liberal, hip place, and if you're making games people really don't care what your gender is. At least this has been my experience.

Filmmaking is challenging for men and women. In both cases, it is incredibly difficult. And gender is neither a guarantee of greater sensitivity, capacity for empathy or aperture.

The Runaways' audience was 90 percent male. That was kind of depressing...Why don't women-our own gender-come out and support us?

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.

As a kid, you get to the stage where you realise the gender barriers that exist in society and what you're supposed to do and not supposed to do.

I hate prejudice on any level. I don't care if it's somebody being discriminated against because of the color of their skin or their sexuality or their gender or financial status.

Amo, amas, I love a lass, As a cedar tall and slender; Sweet cowslip's grace is her nominative case, And she's of the feminine gender.

It doesn't matter what gender you are, or it doesn't matter what other background you come from: everybody deals with insecurity.

Gender and race got very entwined in the 19th century, as abolition broke out, and then women wanted the right to speak about it.

I want our future leaders to know what's possible and to be part of a world where diversity and gender equality aren't special programs but the natural way of operating.

Me feeling ambiguous about my gender identity has been a lifelong feeling, certainly.

Gender injustice is a social impairment and therefore has to be corrected in social attitudes and behaviour.

They say multitasking is a female trait, but it's not about gender; it's about personality type.

The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights were all written by affluent white males, but to discuss them in any meaningful way, you have to bring in the roles of African Americans - the enslaved blacks - and the roles of women, who were scarcely acknowledged by those documents. You have to discuss why slavery wasn't outlawed by the Constitution, why women weren't given the votes. The Bill of Rights isn't about dead white males anymore, and it's not just about live white males either; it's about every minority group that exists.

Gender is not something that one is, it is something one does, an act… a doing rather than a being.

To all musicians - forget gender - to all musicians, it's about - do what makes you happy. Just go for it, you know?

We're still stuck in male, female, feminism. I don't believe in, you know... I believe in gender equality.

Obviously drag has different intentions and my drag has always been about gender illusion.

We don't often talk about men being imprisoned by gender stereotypes but I can see that that they are and that when they are free, things will change for women as a natural consequence.

Clearly, I'm committed to women's issues and stories and promoting gender equality. I have two incredible role models in Jenji [Kohan] and Shonda [Rhimes].

Setting aside the issue of gender while highlighting the symmetry of bodies seemed indispensable in order to focus on the narrative of human beings in the making.

If we accept ourselves as animals, and have empathy and tolerance, compassion to others, understand that humans are territorial, aggressive and have gender aspects, then we can change things.

Parenting is about being competent and responsible. It's not about gender, necessarily.

School is very conformist, and one of the very first conforming that goes on in preschool and kindergarten is gender.

If so, I couldn't imagine how the opposite gender managed to get out of bed in the morning. They might be lovely to look at, but clear thinking wasn't their strong point.

It is not gender, nor age, nor race, but your ability to work hard at what you love.

We've been socialised and told that there is a way to describe people, and that way is by their gender or their sex.

There always has to be a coming out. There's never just a gender-nonconforming person who exists on a TV show without some screaming on-the-street moment.

My own experience of gender has been about a lot of fluidity. In drag, I like to combine aspects of masculinity and femininity and rewrite the rules for those.

There's an opportunity to make your board - and your company - smarter by adding diversity, especially of gender.

College was a wonderful time to really explore my interests. I ended up writing my senior thesis about gender inequality in the developing world.

We are used to thinking of Amazon myths in terms of violence against uppity women, but the ancient evidence also reveals a vision of gender equality.

We have the data to prove to men that gender equality is not a zero-sum game, but a win-win.

The clarity of gender makes possible the human dialectic. Let the lines of balanced tension go slack and the structure dissolves into the ooze of androgyny and narcissism.

I think you pay people based on their work and not based on gender. It's that simple.