Anne Bishop Quotes

You'll have a guy, and they're aging however they're aging, and nobody really cares. If you're a woman, it's different.

In Brazil, a poor man goes to jail when he steals. When a rich man steals, he becomes a minister.

People ask if I'm concerned about getting pigeonholed. No one asks, 'Ellen, you've done seven straight roles in a row. Shouldn't you shake it up, do something queer?' There's still that double standard.

When you're a part of any protected class, whether it is being a woman, a person of color, a part of the LGBTQ community, or an immigrant, we're expected to get everything right and be the embodiment of perfection when it is not expected of other people.

I think preaching equality among unequals is the worst form of discrimination.

Black athletes are always under more scrutiny.

They will always assume that this guy - an upcoming actor, what if he becomes a star tomorrow? He would not work with me then... so I might as well choose to be nice. But women are not treated with the same attitude. Women they treat really badly.

Female-driven shows have to be every single thing and are constantly criticized in a way that male-driven shows are not.

Almost any fault, sin or crime is considered more leniently if there's a touch of class involved.

Men don't wear high heels, and they don't make allowances for women who do. Tottering down the corridors of power in beautiful but crippling stilettos telegraphs your preference for style over substance.

As a white fighter, you get twice as much criticism.

It's difficult to compete against a player that's also refereeing the game.

We encourage failure among young men; we celebrate it... It's a badge of honour for a man. Yet attach those same words and experiences to a woman, and society writes her off.

Like I always said, Carson Palmer got hit in his knee in 2005 but there was no rule made. Then Tom Brady got hit in his knee and all of a sudden there is a rule and possible suspensions, excessive fines - it's just getting ridiculous.

Women need to double and triple men to demonstrate their experience and qualifications.

When things are going well, they start saying you're the best, but as soon as things go wrong, suddenly you are the worst.

I remember once when I was working on a magazine, and one of the male editors was going on a field trip with one of his sons. The office was full of, 'He's such a good dad,' whereas I came in late from a doctor's appointment for one of my children and was asked, 'Where were you? You'll need to make up the time.'

It is not justice when you beat someone after tying their hands, but award a clean chit to another who openly confesses his crimes.

All the news articles focus on how I look. They certainly don't do that to men.

We've actually played badly, and people are saying, 'Ah, we're so proud.' Is it just because we're the women's team? If that was the men, you wouldn't be saying that.

Sometimes you get looked at harder than other people. I can take the criticism and I can take the heat.

They treat you as if you are a different kind of human or life form when you are a celebrity - as if we don't breathe the same air, or we don't bleed the same - and I hate that. I really hate that.

In men's sports, people criticize coaches and managers all the time, call out teammates, too, and it's not that huge of a deal. Often, the guy speaking out is even lauded for having the courage to tell the truth. When it happens in women's sports, though, it always seems to be viewed as a nasty, claws-out cat fight.

You can't just be letting certain people get away with certain things and not others.

If we require more perfection from women than from ourselves, it is doing them honor.