Betty Friedan

We are a gorgeous, infinite circle of women all shades, all styles, in all the ways we were made. Inside of us everything blooms.

[Feminism] means that you believe in the equality of the sexes in every way.

Until we’re in those rooms as equally as men are, it can’t shift.

Girls should never be afraid to be smart.

I’m attracted to films that have strong female characters because there are strong female characters in my life.

I think it’s a wonderful time for a woman.

I think the golden rule for men should be: If you’re a man, don’t say anything to a woman on the street that you wouldn’t want a man saying to you in prison.

Being a feminist is being equal to what a man do

Men don’t even ask that question, ‘What if it doesn’t happen?’ That’s what we do. That is a behavior of our gender. Speak up in all that tables we’re in.

A strong woman looks a challenge in the eye and gives it a wink.

“From birth to age 18, a girl needs good parents, from 18 to 35 she needs good looks, from 35 to 55 she needs a good personality, and from 55 on she needs cash.

I actually trust the women I know. I trust them with their choices, I trust them with their bodies and I trust them with their children. I trust that they are decent enough and wise enough and worthy enough to carry the right of abortion.

If we don’t teach our young girls to speak at an early age, that doesn’t just happen.

The truth is that male religious leaders have had – and still have – an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the later. Their continuing choice provides the foundation or justification for much of the pervasive persecution and abuse of women throughout the world.

A man told me that for a woman, I was very opinionated. I said ‘For a man, you’re kind of ignorant.