Quotes with gender

Quotes 21 till 29 of 29.

  • Chimamanda Adichie The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be rather than recognizing how we are. Imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn’t have the weight of gender expectations.
    We moeten allemaal feminist zijn (2014)
    Chimamanda Adichie
    Nigerian poet (1977 - )
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  • Aberjhani The ultimate test on the way to establishing an ideal civilization encouraging ideal human behavior was to look bravely beyond gender, color, ethnic origin, religious difference, and class distinctions to discover and honor the value of each unique individual.
    Aberjhani
    American historian, columnist and novelist (1957 - )
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  • Gloria Steinem There are many ways of supporting gender equality, from something as simple as paid sick leave and flexible work hours to attributing an economic value to all care-giving, and making that amount tax deductible.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Beth Brooke There's no doubt about it that my participation in sports allowed me to compete in the business world in a very gender-neutral way.
    Beth Brooke
    American businesswoman and athelete (1959 - )
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  • Anita Hill We have a history of gender and racial bias on our court that continues to undermine the system. Excluding individuals based on race is antagonistic to the pursuit of justice.
    Anita Hill
    American lawyer and academic (1956 - )
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  • Andrew Cohen We have been very conditioned by the cultures that we come from and are usually very identified with the particular gender that we happen to be a member of.
    Andrew Cohen
    American spiritual teacher (1955 - )
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  • Andrew Cohen When a human being becomes so still that they begin to lose awareness of their gender, and they are simply looking into that abyss where there is no notion of self whatsoever, the world disappears. And that's really the only place to go. It's the only place to remain.
    Andrew Cohen
    American spiritual teacher (1955 - )
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  • Amartya Sen When the Nobel award came my way, it also gave me an opportunity to do something immediate and practical about my old obsessions, including literacy, basic health care and gender equity, aimed specifically at India and Bangladesh.
    Amartya Sen
    Indian economist and philospher
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  • Andrea Dworkin You think intercourse is a private act; it's not, it's a social act. Men are sexually predatory in life; and women are sexually manipulative. When two individuals come together and leave their gender outside the bedroom door, then they make love.
    Andrea Dworkin
    American radical feminist and writer (1946 - 2005)
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