Priyamani Quotes

Why is it when a woman makes a film or a movie stars a female cast it is labeled women-centric because it is not white, male and middle-class men?

The fact remains; chauvinism is prevailing.

Film is not a woman's medium. If you weren't the hottest kid in town, men stayed away from you.

I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.

Most men somewhere in their psyche are still dragging women around by their hair. It's terrible. I have two daughters, but even before my kids were born I always thought that it was terrible.

All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.

If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of the half of society over which the other half has power—from the exercises of the right of the strongest.

When women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do. Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it. If it fails, they generously give her the whole.

Authoritarianism, religious fundamentalism and militarism are inherently patriarchal and hierarchical.

I'm working hard to break free of stereotypes that the film industry has created and nurtured around women.

The problem with Muslim women is less that we cannot speak the language, but that no one listens to us.

There aren't a lot of roles for sleepy-eyed black dudes.

As an ethnic female in wrestling, there will be people reading my words and I want to set an example. I did experience racism.

The world taught women nothing skillful and then said her work was valueless. It permitted her no opinions and said she did not know how to think. It forbade her to speak in public and said the sex had no orators. It denied her the schools, and said the sex had no genius. It robbed her of every vestige of responsibility, and then called her weak. It taught her that every pleasure must come as a favor from men and when, to gain it, she decked herself in paint and fine feathers, as she had been taught to do, it called her vain.

I do not fight against men, but against the system that is sexist.

The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny - everything in hip-hop is amplified. Misogyny is a good example of something that is completely amplified in hip-hop. I do think there is more than enough of a balance, though, for fans who are willing to search it out.

The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their courts is forever in a passion.

My own contentious relationship with gaming continued through high school and college: I still enjoyed playing games from time to time, but I always found myself pushed away by the sexism that permeated gaming culture. There were constant reminders that I didn't really belong.

The problem is with men. I know I shouldn't say this, but they've shrouded and hidden women to hide their incompetence.

When I first started, all the media I ever got was, 'Hey! There's this Indian girl. And even though she is Indian, she gets views and stuff.'

My feminism is humanism, with the weakest being those who I represent, and that includes many beings and life forms, including some men.

Female athletes are supposed to be toned down. You're always supposed to talk about the team and never stand out.

People used to feel oddly empowered to tell me all the reasons I couldn't win. Because I was a woman. Because I was a lesbian. Because I was from the West Side of Manhattan.

When it comes to African Americans and African American actors, Hollywood has always felt that if you can make us laugh, that's fine, but we don't need to see you do a 'Schindler's List,' where there's no jokes or music or comedic through-line.

I don't believe man is a woman's natural enemy. Perhaps his lawyer is.