Joss Whedon Quotes

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior: she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying the male's superiority.

I grew up in a time when many people believed that men and women should not always be treated equally.

Being a woman is really crap.

Eventually I figured out there was something systematic in the way women are treated.

Every woman should be filled with shame by the thought that she is a woman.

The law sees and treats women the way men see and treat women.

Women have to stand up to tremendous discriminatory practices, whether inherited traditions, whether imposed norms, male perceptions of power and control. The women always have to go through that and cannot take any privilege for granted.

It is better to be a male for one day than a female for ten

The oppression of women is based on custom and tradition—not religion.

Misogyny is not something that you want to be a part of.

The notion that somehow women are wildly different infuriates me.

I don't think women are better than men, I think men are a lot worse than women.

I don't hate women - they just sometimes make me mad.

I remember becoming aware of women's issues and inequality. It became glaringly clear to me when I was living in America that women are regarded as less intelligent than men.

Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!

I don't think that women being seen as inferior is a prejudice based on male hatred of women. When you look at history, it's a prejudice based on simple fact.

Either you are a feminist or you are a sexist/misogynist. There is no box marked 'other.'

I think there is a rage against women. I've come to see that now although at the time I did not notice it. I was preoccupied with my teaching and my writing.

I adopted the assumption of many of my generation that women were intellectually inferior to men, that we were not capable of governing, leading, managing anything but our homes and our children.

Men don't oppress women any more than women oppress men.

I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.

I suspect there are people in all walks of life who need to be dragged into the 21st century in terms of attitudes towards women.

Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.

The natural superiority of women is a biological fact, and a socially acknowledged reality.

I am absolutely not a feminist, I am against stupidity, and if it comes from males or females, it doesn't change anything. If it means that women and men, they are equal, then OK, certainly I am a feminist.