“Over and over, we see the violence that occurs when men’s masculinity is challenged.”— C. Brian Smith, melmagazine.com
“I believe that in this worldview, which is the dominant one, beauty is seen as the only legitimate capital that women are allowed possess. But beauty is supposed to serve power’s interests. When beauty occurs in an “unruly body”, such as a non-white person’s body, then it is an existential threat.”— Tressie McMillan Cottom , tressiemcphd.medium.com
“Why is it that male coming of age narratives always feel autonomous, like they are coming into their own and becoming a man and like going off on a vision quest or howling at the moon or something, and female coming of age narratives are a thing that happens to women?”— Gabrielle Lisk, medium.com
“The patriarchy has seeped into women’s intestinal tracts. Let’s call it the pootriarchy.”— Jessica Bennett, Amanda McCall, nytimes.com
“Women are not interchangeable, we are not commodities, and we will not be 'distributed' against our will.”— Moira Donegan, cosmopolitan.com