“Don't use women as a writing technique if you're not trying to actually understand or value them.”— Ari Eastman, facebook.com
“All men support and perpetuate sexism and sexist oppression in one form or another … Like women, men have been socialized to passively accept sexist ideology. While they need not blame themselves for accepting sexism, they must assume responsibility for eliminating it.”— Bell Hooks, amazon.com
“In our society women have two choices: you're either fuckable or you're invisible.”— Gail Dines, youtube.com
“So many men mistake their own disrespect for women as a woman's lack of self-respect.”— Ryan Henly, facebook.com
“Two applicant profiles were created for a police chief position. One profile was streetwise and one was formally educated. When the streetwise candidate was named Michael and the formally educated candidate was named Michelle, participants tended to choose Michael-and when questioned why, would beli…”— Brie Code, gamesindustry.biz
“You were told America is the land of opportunity, but guess what? For far too many women, inside this country and out, the opportunities they can take advantage of are severely limited... No you won't sit here and make women feel bad for coming together by pretending to give a damn about women who e…”— Erika Nicole Kendall, facebook.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
“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
“Imagine donating 8.5 million dollars to charity every year and having people rejoice that you were held at gunpoint because you had your sexual consent violated several years ago and the world still blames you for it. Kim Kardashian doesn't have to imagine.”— Anonymous, cactus-queeen.tumblr.com
“I'm automatically attracted to beautiful women — I just start kissing them, it's like a magnet. I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything… Grab 'em by the pussy.”— Donald Trump, nbcnews.com
“Every time I'm out with my SO, male hosts, servers, cashiers, salespeople, managers, will direct their questions and eye contact at him. I have gotten in the habit of answering for him. I reach for the check, I order first, I ask questions. Then sometimes they still direct back to him. It's maddenin…”— neverbeast, reddit.com
“A couple years ago, I took my dad out to his favorite Mexican restaurant for Father's Day. My father explicitly mentioned to the waitress that it was so nice of me to take him out for Father's Day. When the waitress came to take our orders, my dad was waffling between two options (one of which was m…”— Luminaria19, reddit.com
“I'm assistant instructor at my HEMA club, but I'm also a woman and one of the youngest fighters we have. After our main instructor I also have the most longsword experience (except for one or two guys who show up very rarely). While I normally just help out with teaching alongside the main instructo…”— WillFightForRamen, reddit.com
“The most casual one is probably giving pet names to girls you don't even know. I don't like being called honey or pearl by random strangers.”— Mrs_Seagull, reddit.com
“I worked something out on the computer at my retail job to save this man an extra dollar or two. He smiled and said 'So I guess they didn't hire you just because you were pretty.' I knew he meant "pretty AND smart" but it really didn't come out that way.”— dearmissally, reddit.com
“I'm a woman who spent my school and college years working in retail, mostly in stockrooms. Because of my looks (short hair, rarely wear makeup or jewellery, etc) people never had a problem with me working in the stockroom, lifting heavy boxes and such. I don't understand the thinking behind it, but…”— beogaire, reddit.com
“We were preparing a meeting room, moving desks and chairs. I was helping with the furniture moving while a male colleague who had VERY RECENTLY injured his back and only a few days prior been allowed to leave his bed to go back to work observed. He got called out by another colleague for standing ar…”— swiftwater, reddit.com
“I used to have a long driving commute to school...I was once given this advice from a mechanic. 'If your car breaks down just pull over, pop the hood and stare into the car. Eventually a man will pull over and help you with whatever is wrong'.”— oatmealsun, reddit.com
“I've never once heard a guy curse and someone respond with 'That's not how gentlemen speak', but I've heard that I'm not 'ladylike' because I've used the word fuck.”— josephineblack, reddit.com