Ruth Bradley Quotes

I feel like some women do get away with doing these sexy shoots and looking like they're being really empowered. For me, I'd feel really uncomfortable in that situation and a bit like I was being taken advantage of.

I've absolutely fought against having to be half-naked to sell a track.

The whole sex symbol or babe thing doesn't bother me.

I hope that I'm sexy in a different kind of way than I think that a lot of girls are right now. I think a lot of girls in the public eye, especially musical artists, are just kind of objectified a little bit and wearing super-skimpy outfits and leaving nothing to the imagination.

By no means do I want to be a piece of meat for the rest of my career. It's funny when you get asked to do a talk show, and then they follow it up with requesting you take your shirt off.

What I'm not about is exploiting women.

I would say that, of course, it is wrong to objectify women. But at the same time, entertainment should not be inter-mingled with commodification.

A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.

Men seem to think that page 3 girls are only interested in money. Money doesn't impress me at all. Not in the slightest.

People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

I don't agree with beauty contests. I did it one time. It wasn't embarrassing being Wonder Woman; it was embarrassing walking around on stage in a bikini. It was ridiculous, stupid, and humiliating.

I've worked in the studio with a lot of young girls, and they'll go, 'Oh, the label is telling me to take off my clothes, and I don't feel comfortable.' Well if you don't feel comfortable, don't do it.

One thing that I can say is that I think it's important that there's some sort of celebration of beautiful women that isn't just exploitive.

The whole thing of sexually objectifying yourself is really demoralizing and degrading as a human being, and it's something that men have never had to do, and it's something that 'Hanna' has never had to do.

Don't get me wrong - I like to look at the ladies as much as the next guy. But what in the hell do they do they have to do with wrestling? Nothing.

If actors can show their abs, why can't women show their bikini bods?

I'm so aware how often women's bodies are objectified on film.

In my opinion, a woman's body is not her only asset.

When I have actors flirting with me in acting, in my head, I am thinking, 'If I flirt back, I could definitely land a film with this guy. If I consider going to his house for drinks, considering he has invited me, I could definitely get a film with him.' But I just don't want to do that.

We had to pose with towels wrapped around us, holding rubber rings, that sort of thing. The turning point came when a photographer asked us to get on a fur rug and crawl like cats. We said no, because it was sexist and disrespectful.

Objectification, whatever its form, is not something anyone should have to 'just deal with.'

Sometimes you feel like the only resource you have is your body or your looks.

Our long history of exploiting women's bodies and suppressing their voices had a direct impact on my case and other women's lives.

It's nice to be in a show where it's not based on taking your shirt off.

A lady I will be, but a man's accessory, his handbag, no thank you. I will not be someone's ornament. I will not just be someone's honey, baby, sweetheart.