#stereotype

You can't win for losing. Either you fulfill their stereotype of being a radical 60's person or you've sold out. In fact, of course, millions of people who were active in the 60's are doing work on issues that try to reflect their values. ↗

— Bernadine Dohrn

#being #course #doing #either #fact

I grew up in a world that told girls they couldn't play rock and roll. ↗

— Joan Jett

#musician #musician

Dude, I don’t want to talk about Lacey’s prom shoes. And I’ll tell you why: I have this thing that makes me really uninterested in prom shoes. It’s called a penis. ↗

— John Green

#humor #masculinity #humor

When a man plans, a woman laughs. ↗

— David Wong

#humour #men #paraphrased #plans #women

You're a cop. I need a doughnut. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#humor #stereotype #humor

But then it was over too quickly and they pulled away. She knew they couldn't stand there and kiss like a couple on the run in a thriller. ↗

— Joss Ware

#humor #romance #sage #simon #stereotype

Male egos require constant stroking. Every task is an achievement, every success epic. That is why women cook, but men are chefs: we make cheese on toast, they produce pain de fromage. ↗

— Belle de Jour

#humor #truth #humor

By believing in our nobler nature, women have the amazing power to inspire us to live up to it. This is one reason why men tend to fear commitment. ↗

— Neil Strauss

#gender-stereotypes #love #men-and-women #power #relationships

As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#dignity #double-standards #empowerment #feminism #gender

You have Extreme and Van Halen and the history that I have with other people I played with. There are some effects that will hopefully break that stereotype. ↗

— Gary Cherone

#effects #extreme #halen #history #hopefully