Quotes about Gender

Back in the days when men were hunters and chest beaters and women spent their whole lives worrying about pregnancy or dying in childbirth, they often had to be taken against their will. Men complained that women were cold, unresponsive, frigid. They wanted their women wanton. They wanted their women wild. Now women were finally learning to be wanton and wild -- and what happened? The men wilted

Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: Their measurements are being taken and compared.

Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.

At Manchester City, the women are not second-class citizens in any regard. We are treated exactly the same way - it's a level playing field.

When I was born, some of our relatives came to our house and told my mother, 'Don't worry, next time you will have a son.'

In Swat, there are two jobs a woman's going to do: a teacher or a doctor. If not, then become a housewife.

No wonder male religious leaders so often say that humans were born in sin—because we were born to female creatures. Only by obeying the rules of the patriarchy can we be reborn through men. No wonder priests and ministers in skirts sprinkle imitation birth fluid over our heads, give us new names, and promise rebirth into everlasting life.

When one is required to preside over the Church, and be entrusted with the care of so many souls, the whole female sex must retire before the magnitude of the task, and the majority of men also.

A man finds love and is satisfied. A woman finds love and insists on turning it into happiness.

A proper Irishman always does what a lady asks him. Sure an' it's been the ruin av us. We're at the mercy av the petticoats.

If only she were a boy, speeding in khaki by Carol's side to the western front! She had wished that in a burst of romance when Jem had gone, without perhaps, meaning it. She meant it now. There were moments when waiting at home, in safety and comfort, seemed an unendurable thing.

Now, don't be looking I-told-you-so, Matthew. That's bad enough in a woman, but it isn't to be endured in a man.