Quotes of: Women-are Keyword

I don't have a child, so Women for Women is like my child. But I always said I would step down after 20 years. I didn't want to be a 60-year-old woman holding on to something I created when I was 23.

Zainab Salbi

My least favorite form of street harassment is when a guy asks why I’m not smiling. It’s related to that: Women aren’t allowed to be quiet or stoic or shy—or, hell, just in a bad mood—without being criticized. Women are bitchy and frigid if...

He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know

A consequence of female self-love is that the woman grows convinced of social worth. Her love for her body will be unqualified, which is the basis of female identification. If a woman loves her own body, she doesn't grudge what other women do with th...

The Beauty Myth

As they passed the rows of houses they saw through the open doors that men were sweeping and dusting and washing dishes, while the women sat around in groups, gossiping and laughing. What has happened?' the Scarecrow asked a sad-looking man with a bu...

The Marvelous Land of Oz

Many men understand and appreciate that seduction first makes women feel uncomfortable. What these men do instead is focus on comfort first. What these men don't realize is that women of beauty get bombarded by these nice guys every day, and it can g...

The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed

If the difference between guys and men is still unclear, here are a few examples that apply to dating: A guy uses women to build his self-esteem. A man already has it. A guy likes to "hang out" with a woman he's interested in. A man asks her out. A g...

What Women Wish You Knew about Dating: A Single Guy's Guide to Romantic Relationships

I believe women think differently.

Anita Borg

A lot of women don't know how to vent and deal with emotions.

Picabo Street

Feminism is comprised of values that are important to you as a woman, not ideals arrived at by forced consensus to which you should adjust your own life.

Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism

Iranian women are very consciously aware of gender-explicit oppression. Therefore: with so much more at stake, Iranian women have each other's back: on the street, in stores, at celebrations, everywhere.

Cunt: A Declaration of Independence

It takes courage to do aid work but it takes bravery to put your thoughts and experiences out in front of the world.

Chasing Misery: an anthology of essays by women in humanitarian responses

I realized that lacking the feminine, the language had communicated to me in subtle ways that women were nonentities, that women counted mostly as they related to men.

The Dance of the Dissident Daughter

The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.

Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places

If one believes that words are acts, as I do, then one must hold writers responsible for what their words do.

Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places

The brave men and women, who serve their country and as a result, live constantly with the war inside them, exist in a world of chaos. But the turmoil they experience isn’t who they are; the PTSD invades their minds and bodies.

Death's Revenge

You owe it to your loved ones as well as yourself to know and pursue your pleasures.

French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure

Entrepreneurship, with the right mindset, can help anyone reach his goals in life.

GO NEGOSYO: Joey Concepcion's 55 Inspiring Stories of Women Entrepreneurs

Life isn't about the brand of clothes you wear, or about who looks the best. It's about the number of faces which smile when they hear your name

The Human Women Guide

I was going to dine at the television company’s expense with one of the most beautiful women in show business and some television producer with an inferiority complex. In my experience, there’s always a price.

Black Art

The distant women bowed themselves; Nordic women who lived with their eyes looking at servants, as they were waiting; glaring in an intense white aspect, because they were athletic; because they had haircuts.

The Breathing Advocate

A man can forgive all manner of faults in beautiful women that in ugly men he find entirely beyond sufferance

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