Bonnie Raitt Quotes

I'm very proud of being a woman, and as a woman, I don't even like the word 'feminism' because when I hear that word, I associate it with women trying to pretend to be men, and I'm not interested in trying to pretend to be a man. I don't want to embrace manhood; I want to embrace my womanhood.

In the face of patriarchy, it is a brave act indeed for both men and women to embrace, rather than shame or attempt to eradicate, the feminine.

Women are sacred.

Women in my world are respected as much as men.

I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men.

I still consider myself a feminist.

I consider myself a rampant feminist.

We women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls' rights, but we must not behave like men, like they have done in the past.

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

We can't destroy the inequities between men and women until we destroy marriage.

I don't remember a single day during the time I was minister of gender, foreign minister, vice-president and president when I saw anything on the part of the men that indicated they were undermining me.

Men make the moral code and they expect women to accept it. They have decided that it is entirely right and proper for men to fight for their liberties and their rights, but that it is not right and proper for women to fight for theirs.

I am most certainly a feminist.

I have respected women from the beginning of my life.

Women have the same privileges and opportunities as men, given the New Testament. Relegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross.

The most important movement in the world is the feminist movement. If we can really figure out what's going on between men and women, the other problems will take care of themselves. I'm sure of it.

I'm not obsessed with the rights of women; it can be a bit excessive. I want to put men and women on an equal footing. I think we are equal but different.

I wouldn't call myself a feminist, because I think there are differences between men and women.

When you say 'revolution' when you have only men outside, you know that something is going wrong. I'm not like a hardcore feminist, but I think that one of the things that makes the society advanced is equality between men and women. If half of the society is oppressed by the other half, it's not fine.

I don't consider myself a feminist, but I feel very empowered as a woman, and I've used all my resources widely. I believe in equality, but that's just naturally happening. I still want a door opened for me, to be treated like a lady, but I also want equal rights for women, of course.

If I were a woman, I'd simply refuse to speak to any man or do anything for men until I'd got the vote.

An idea like equality between men and women, which is now accepted in the West, is quite new.

It is probably true to say that the largest scope for changes still lies in men's attitude to women, and in women's attitude to themselves

Women must try to do things as men have tried.

All theories of chivalry and generosity and vicarious representation fall, before the fact that woman has been grossly wronged by man. That being the case, the only modest and honest thing for man to do is to say, "Henceforward have a voice in making your own laws." Till this is done, she has no sure safeguard, since otherwise the same men who made the old barbarous laws may at any time restore them.