“The whole "good girl vs. hoes" mentality is nothing but misogynistic. It's denying a woman simple respect just (because) she's not "modest." If you only respect a woman when she's "modest", you don't actually respect women. That's not how this works. You respect a woman regardless of how she present…”— @delafro_, mysharona1987.tumblr.com
“A woman should've have to be clothed from head to toe in order for you to respect her. If your respect for women is conditional, keep it.”— @delafro_, mysharona1987.tumblr.com
“We teach girls shame. Close your legs; cover yourself. We make them feel as though being born female, they're already guilty of something. And so, girls grow up to be women who silence themselves. They grow up to be women who cannot say what they truly think. And they grow up--and this is the worst…”— Chimamamda Ngozi Adichie, thoughtcatalog.com
“‘Have some self respect’ literally has nothing to do with me. It’s about you rating and weighing my behaviour against a 2 dimensional caricature of a women that you think deserves basic decency. I respect myself. What you mean is ‘please conform to my personal, rigid beliefs of what I deem acceptabl…”— iamatinyowl, iamatinyowl.tumblr.com
“The day that women can casually be topless and not be raped or degraded will be the day that women will be equal in society.”— Willow Smith, twitter.com
“Expressing sexuality in art is not an invitation for disrespect. Just like wearing a short skirt is not asking for assault. Women's choice... Our bodies, our clothing, our music, our personalities... sexy, flirty, fun. It is not. an open. invitation. You are literally saying that if we look a certai…”— Ariana Grande, rollingstone.com
“Nudity empowers some. Modesty empowers some. Different things empower different women and its not your place to tell her which one it is”— kennabbby, twitter.com
“We will not change the way we dress because it's more convenient for your lack of self control.”— Unknown, thesociologicalcinema.tumblr.com
“Beauty or brains? Fuck that, it’s not a dichotomy. Let’s not act like mascara glues girls eyes so shut that they can’t read a word of Dickens or solve a trig problem. Let’s talk about how no boy has ever been asked if he’d rather get his Bachelor’s or get married; no boy has ever been told that he’s…”— uglyboyband, uglyboyband.tumblr.com
“Why should a woman have to be modest in order to be respected?”— Unknown, letitcome--letitbe.tumblr.com
“Having a low opinion of yourself is not modesty. It’s self-destruction.”— Bobbe Sommer, onlinecounsellingcollege.tumblr.com