Quotes about Gender

Women have the same privileges and opportunities as men, given the New Testament.

The demise of our community and culture is the fault of sissified men who have been overly influenced by women.

You know, women always could endure more than men. Not only physically, but mentally - did you ever get a peek at some of the husbands?

Every time a woman leaves off something she looks better, but every time a man leaves off something he looks worse.

On the other hand, she was disproportionately indulgent towards the failings of men, and was often heard to say that these were natural.

Woman's dearest delight is to wound Man's self-conceit though Man's dearest delight is to gratify hers.

Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another but women are by nature enemies.

I cannot illustrate huge differences between male and female spiritualities except in their starting points, style and fascinations along the way. This is significant, however, and has huge pastoral implications: men must be challenged in the world of doing; women must be challenged in the world of relating.

I'd recommend for any little girl starting out to play with the boys as long as possible.

I have to tell you, my seven-year-old granddaughter said to my daughter, her mother, 'So what's the big deal about Grandma Maddy having been Secretary of State? Only girls are Secretaries of State.' Most of her lifetime, it's true. But at the time it really was a big deal.

If a guy is intimidated by a woman in leadership, he has real problems with his own concepts of masculinity. That's a harsh statement, but I believe it to be true.

Film is not a woman's medium. If you weren't the hottest kid in town, men stayed away from you.