“Liz: Hey, Jack, do you treat me any differently because I’m a woman? Jake: Well, I pay you a little less, yes Liz: No, I mean day-to-day. Do you coddle me? Jake: In some ways. With a man, I can be more direct, but with you, uh, I have to have a conversation, Talk things through more.”— John Riggi, Liz Lemon, Tina Fey, imdb.com
“The last 50 years redefined womanhood: women were taught they can be anything. No commensurate movement for men who are still generally locked into the same rigid, outdated model of masculinity and it’s killing us.”— Michael Ian Black, twitter.com
“The rainbow is a part of nature, and you have to be in the right place to see it. It's beautiful, all of the colors, even the colors you can't see. That really fit us as a people because we are all of the colors. Our sexuality is all of the colors. We are all the genders, races, and ages.”— Gilbert Baker, militaryoneclick.com
“Oranges are actually male or female. If it squirts in your eye without warning, it’s a male. And if it’s bitter for no fucking reason, it’s s female.”— i4smile, reddit.com
“Why are the twin towers and genders so similar? Because there used to be two of them, but it’s offensive to joke about them now”— SHKscotland, reddit.com
“If my sexuality threatens your masculinity, there’s something wrong with your masculinity.”— Sally Kohn, twitter.com
“Society is always looking for ‘tangible’ ways to tell you what your gender is.”— Shirin Choudhary, youthkiawaaz.com
“We believe that without respecting women’s rights, society cannot function properly and build a better life for everyone in every way. Women are not only half of the society, they are the essence of being and living as human being. Without their energy, no aspect of society can go forward”— Shervin Mazlum, clarionproject.org
“I find it ridiculous to assign a gender to an inanimate object incapable of disrobing and making an occasional fool of itself.”— David Sedaris, amazon.com
“How can you tell if an orange is male or female? If it squirts in your eye without warning it's a male. If it's bitter for no fucking reason, it's a female.”— wackoclown, reddit.com
“Dad finds out that his first daughter is lesbian... Dad: Oh ok then. Second daughter: I'm a lesbian too... Dad: For fuck's sake is there anyone in this family who loves men? Son: I do...”— xLionel775, reddit.com
“Studies have also shown that gender biases exist within science, and a researcher’s implicit assumptions can inform the methods and language they use to build a study.”— Lila MacLellan, qz.com
“We take for granted how often laymen and even researchers use science—and specifically neuroscience—to ‘verify’ stereotypes about gender: That men are naturally more competitive, for instance, or that women are more in touch with their emotions and better skilled at communicating. Such notions aren’…”— Lila MacLellan, qz.com
“A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.”— Gloria Steinem, ec.europa.eu
“I don't agree with the Google memo; I don't think it's really a free speech issue because he solicited it and directed it specifically to and at the people he worked with; I don't agree that there are sex differences in academic or professional interests. But repeated claims that no credible researc…”— Freddie DeBoer, facebook.com
“Rather than worrying, what is gender, really? or what is race, really? I think we should begin by asking (both in the theoretical and political sense) what, if anything, we want them to be.”— Sally Haslanger, mit.edu
“My lifelong gender dysphoria has certainly been a primary inspiration for my entire career as a researcher and writer. I have never for a moment felt female—but neither have I ever felt male either. I regard my ambiguous position between the sexes as a privilege that has given me special access to a…”— Camille Paglia, freebeacon.com
“In my dreams, I don’t foresee a society that is gender blind. But I do foresee and wish for one that’s gender creative.”— Sam Killermann, youtube.com