#women are

Many differences are rooted in biology and reinforced through culture, so it's important to acknowledge that. Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected to act like men, we will never be as good at being men as men are. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#act #always #because #behaviour #being

I think how pay gets determined is pretty broad - experience, how people look, what they bring to the job. But there's no question women are paid less. Women don't ask. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#bring #broad #determined #experience #gets

Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression. ↗

— Taslima Nasrin

#also #democracy #expression #freedom #freedom of expression

I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#became #because #compassionate #i #lesbian

I don't think that I would consider myself a feminist. I think that I certainly believe in equal rights, I believe that women are just as capable, if not more so in a lot of different dimensions, but I don't, I think have, sort of, the militant drive and the sort of, the chip on the shoulder that sometimes comes with that. ↗

— Marissa Mayer

#capable #certainly #chip #comes #consider

Women are half the population and they know how to take care of themselves, if they are only given access to health care. ↗

— Cynthia Nixon

#care #given #half #health #health care