Dorothy Miller Richardson Quotes

Were women to "unsex" themselves by claiming equality with men, they would become the most hateful, heathen, and disgusting of beings and would surely perish without male protection.

She had once said that she believed the women's liberation movement of the sixties and seventies was actually a ploy by men to get women to do more.

I love women. They're the best thing ever created. If they want to be like men and come down to our level, that's fine.

The word and works of God is quite clear, that women were made either to be wives or prostitutes.

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.

Now, how can I be anti-woman? I even judged the Miss America pageant.

You know, I've always considered women to be people.

... so long as woman labors to second man's endeavors and exalt his sex above her own, her virtues pass unquestioned; but when shedares to demand rights and privileges for herself, her motives, manners, dress, personal appearance, and character are subjects for ridicule and detraction.

I listen to feminists and all these radical gals - most of them are failures. They've blown it. Some of them have been married, but they married some Casper Milquetoast who asked permission to go to the bathroom. These women just need a man in the house. That's all they need. Most of the feminists need a man to tell them what time of day it is and to lead them home. And they blew it and they're mad at all men. Feminists hate men. They're sexist. They hate men - that's their problem.

The notion that somehow women are wildly different infuriates me.

I think people are frightened of women making big decisions.

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

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

I'm not involved with the female world.

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's Lib? I couldn't stand it.

As a result of the feminist revolution, 'feminine' becomes an abusive epithet.

Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it is the political defense of women hating.

I don't understand why or how anyone ever pulled off the whole idea of 'women are inferior.'

Feminism is an attack on social practices and habits of thought that keep women and men boxed into gender roles that are harmful.

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.

[Women’s subjugation to men] is one of the chief hindrances to human improvement.

I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men. They are far superior and always have been.

I used to be very interested in the history of women's rights in this country and in other countries. I tried to learn as much as I could about it, and more than anything, I would be called gay. It was phenomenal. But if a boy has something to say, he is appreciated; he's even popular. If a girl says something, it's instantly a threat.

Every woman is just a different kind of problem.