Caitlin Moran Quotes

The woman's position in the world today is so much harder than a man's that it makes me choke every time I hear a man complain about anything.

I think a lot of people compare female writers or female comedians to each other in a way that men are not. Male comedy writers are not scrutinized.

On one issue at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women.

Sometimes I try to sell shows with a female lead to networks, and that isn't something that's been a proven formula for them, so they reject it. I do feel like men get the funniest roles in movies.

It is difficult to get men to pick up a female author. Women will read men, but men won't read women.

In a general way, anything that affects men is taken more seriously than anything that affects only women.

The brewing industry is a very, very male dominated industry. It's a male bastion.

Women are completely disadvantaged - despite what men will say. It is not a fair fight.

Conservatives have a problem with women. For that matter, all men do.

I think in general, novels by men tend to be taken more seriously than novels by women.

Not regarded as the equals of men.

Music is a male-dominated field.

Huge studio movies are handed over to a man with less experience before they're handed over to a woman with less experience. That's a fact. But I think it's not just about men not hiring women: it's about women not hiring women, too.

If anyone says they haven't experienced sexism then I don't know what life they've lived. Males and females have, for different reasons, and I don't think it's a media thing.

The Manchester music scene was very male dominated.

[On women in previously all-male fields:] I think it will change in a lot of workplaces. I'm not so sure it will ever change on Capitol Hill until more women are in powerful positions. Because this is the last plantation for men.

Women have a much better time than men in this world; there are far more things forbidden to them.

Patriarchy is not men. Patriarchy is a system in which both women and men participate. It privileges, inter alia, the interests of boys and men over the bodily integrity, autonomy, and dignity of girls and women. It is subtle, insidious, and never more dangerous than when women passionately deny that they themselves are engaging in it.

I want to support young girls who are in their 20s now and tell them: You're not just imagining things. It's tough. Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.

A lot of people just assume men's tennis is better.

If you make 'PKP' from the girl's point of view, it would have been the other way round. The boys would have been wrong for the girls. That wouldn't have been misogynistic.

The thing is, I'm equally disgusted by both men and women.

If you don't know what mansplaining is, or manterrupting or manspread, then you're probably a guy.

I think there are fundamental power imbalances between the sexes that play themselves out in society. And I think science is just not immune to that - which actually isn't a very controversial stance if you think about it.

The male domination and chauvinism of the comics form is either being wittily lampooned in 'Watchmen' or handily perpetuated, depending on whom you ask.