#stereotype

What we ask is to be human individuals, however peculiar and unexpected. It is no good saying: "You are a little girl and therefore you ought to like dolls"; if the answer is, "But I don't," there is no more to be said. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#dignity #empowerment #freedom #gender #girls

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

Stereotypes involving Christian identity, Christian persecution is so far back in history now that no one fears it being revived, unless you live in China, I guess. ↗

— Gregg Easterbrook

#being #china #christian #far #fears

I didn't want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of aging and older women not being beautiful. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

#beautiful #being #being beautiful #breaking #down

I refuse to be stereotyped. ↗

— Marissa Mayer

#refuse #stereotyped

There's no reason to stereotype yourself. Doing math is like going to the gym - it's a workout for your brain and it makes you smarter. ↗

— Danica McKellar

#doing #going #gym #like #makes

Math has a lot of negative stereotypes, but it can actually be fun and incredibly empowering. ↗

— Danica McKellar

#empowering #fun #incredibly #lot #math

It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress. ↗

— Danica McKellar

#delights #fit #i #me #stereotype

There are stereotypes that have been out there for a long time that tell girls that their main asset, the main thing that they are valued for, is their appearance and also that it's to the exclusion of anything else. ↗

— Danica McKellar

#anything #appearance #asset #been #else

What I enjoy doing is challenging stereotypes of what people believe a Tory must be. You don't have to say every Tory is in it for themselves - it's pathetic caricaturing that has no place in the 21st century, and if we can challenge that stereotype, then great. ↗

— Louise Mensch

#believe #century #challenge #challenging #doing