Gina Carey

The argument that ‘boys will be boys’ actually carries the profoundly anti-male implication that we should expect bad behaviors from boys and men. The assumption is that they are somehow not capable of acting appropriately, or treating girls and women with respect.

We can never be complacent and think that we’ve arrived now as women. Because I hear this from young women. Some of you young women who aren’t feeling the pains that many of our predecessors have felt – you think, well, there aren’t any problems, women’s rights, we’ve got this all figured out, I’m already equal, I’m good – I’m just like, oh, just you wait, you’ll feel it. So the work continues.

I believe in gender equality. Being a feminist is for both women and men. I am a feminist.

I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.

I guess that maybe breasts are the most important part of the body when you think about it, I mean without them employers just wouldn’t know who to give the smaller paychecks to.

I wouldn’t say I’m a feminist. I think that would be, maybe, going too far.

I was subscribing to this sick identity. … Stay in your place, be feminine, be a lady, don’t make too much noise.

I advise young women: Negotiate hard and know your worth.

We won’t unlock opportunities for young women and girls unless we can change the mindset of every family and community. To achieve this, it cannot just be women who speak up for girls.

I view myself as being the average woman.

I do not believe that we have a right to tell other people, women, that they can’t control their bodies.

Strong men, men who are truly role models, don’t need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful.

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

Women feel more guilt than men, not because of some weird chromosomal issue but because they have a history of being blamed for other people’s behavior. You get hit, you must have annoyed someone; you get raped, you must have excited someone; your kid is a junkie, you must have brought them up wrong.

There’s a long, long history of women suffering abuse, injustice, and not having the same opportunities as men, and I think that’s been very detrimental to the human race as a whole.