Quotes about Gender role

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A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man. — Charles Dickens
the wounded child inside many males is a boy who, when he first spoke his truths, was silenced by paternal sadism, by a — bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions
Teach her that the idea of 'gender roles' is absolute nonsense. Do not ever tell her that she should or should not do so — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
And I knew in my bones that Emily Dickinson wouldn't have written even one poem if she'd had two howling babies, a husba — Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light
When you grow up as a girl, it is like there are faint chalk lines traced approximately three inches around your entire — M.E. Thomas, Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight
Men die in battle women die in childbirth. — Philippa Gregory, The Red Queen
Playing roles in any relationship is false and will inevitably lead to the relationship's collapse. Noone can be any one — Portia de Rossi, Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
Despite all of the social advances in women’s rights and the push for gender equality in the workplace, it seems like mo — Shannon Mullen, See What Flowers
What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked. "A cage," [Éowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept the — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
Given our socialization into dependency, women are also poor risk takers. (...) We avoid new situations, job changes, mo — Colette Dowling, The Cinderella Complex: Women's Hidden Fear of Independence
You ride as a man, fight as a man, and you think as a man-""I think as a human being," she retorted hotly. "Men don't th — Tamora Pierce, The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
Then he started his period.One week in bed.Two doctors in.Three painkillers four times a day.And later a letter to the p — Carol Ann Duffy, Selected Poems
In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman. — Margaret Thatcher
The self-esteem of western women is founded on physical being (body mass index, youth, beauty). This creates a tricky em — Antonella Gambotto-Burke, The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide
It's my choice to be beautiful. It's my choice to be ugly. And it's my choice to decided what those words actually mean. — Virginia Petrucci
A woman should be like water, able to flow over and around anything. — Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem
And even though I knew in my head there’s nothing a man can do that a woman can’t, I also knew in my heart we can’t help — Pam Houston, Cowboys Are My Weakness
Don’t we see that men’s rightful task is to go out to work and wear themselves out trying to accumulate wealth, as thoug — Moderata Fonte
While we avoid taking credit for success, women leap at the opportunity to take responsibility for failure. Men tend to — Colette Dowling, The Cinderella Complex: Women's Hidden Fear of Independence
The psychological need to avoid independence - the "wish to be saved" - seemed to me an important issue, quite probably — Colette Dowling, The Cinderella Complex: Women's Hidden Fear of Independence