Female Assertiveness Quotes

Truthfully speaking, women are dangerous, even those who aren't feminists, because there has always been a women's revolt. Only it has usually translated itself into solitary, individualist, disagreeable manifestations - the whole history of the taming of the shrew, the woman-shrew. They weren't shrews without cause.

A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And if she hasn't so much the worse for you.

Especially in this industry, women challenge men much more now because we're saying, 'We can do it, too.'

Tabitha blinked innocently. "Why is your consort speaking to me without my having addressed him first?" she asked Kaia. "Have you not taught him the proper order of things?" So the little man wasn't supposed to speak to the women folk without an invitation? Screw that. "Just stay out of my head, Harpy, or I'll make sure you regret it. By the way, how's the leg?" She hissed at him. Win!

I love women who are bosses and who don't constantly worry about what their employees think of them. I love women who don't ask, "Is that OK?" after everything they say. I love when women are courageous in the face of unthinkable circumstances, like my mother when she was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. Or like Gabrielle Giffords writing editorials for the New York Times about the cowardice of Congress regarding gun laws and using phrases like "mark my words" like she is Clint Eastwood. How many women say stuff like that?

Guys are like dogs. They keep comin' back. Ladies are like cats. Yell at a cat one time, they're gone.

The truth is, women don't stand up, they're too hushed, they don't like to say stuff.

One of the most rebellious things a woman can do is allow people to think she’s mean.

It's this no-nonsense side of women that is pleasant to deal with. They are the real sportsmen.

Female ambition is such a complicated thing to play because it is an aggressive quality, and people respond very badly to women exhibiting any kind of aggression.

And I like the way Cain writes his women. Very strong. They're kind of lusty, they know what they want, they're full of conviction. Cain's women are sexual.

You're not taught to be ambitious as a woman. And so when you are, sometimes you shy away from it or you're scared of voicing your opinions.

I know how to say 'no' in twelve languages. That's enough for a woman.

Women loved that part 'cause K.C. was just sassy.

I'm used to fighting and arguing with males.

Never prod at a woman unless you must. She will kill you faster than a man and for less reason, even if she weeps over it after.

Women have been trained in our culture and society to ask for what we want instead of taking what we want. We've been really indoctrinated with this culture of permission. I think it's true for women, and I think it's true for people of color. It's historic, and it's unfortunate and has somehow become part of our DNA. But that time has passed.

An assumption underlying almost all comments on interruptions is that they are aggressive, but the line between what's perceived as assertiveness or aggressiveness almost certainly shifts with an interrupter's gender.

Keeping a feminine approach is vital - men hate bossy females.

There was a certain feminine satisfaction in having the last word, delivering her line smartly, and breaking the connection between them quickly and decisively.

One of the most rebellious things a woman can do is allow people to think she's mean.

As women, we have more of a tendency to be people-pleasers, and I know a lot of women who are not vocal about what makes them happy.

I like women who talk smack.

I'm too much of a broad; I make men shake in their boots because I have a male dominance in my make-up that makes them feel emasculated.

When a woman shouts, she isn't usually praised for it. She's condemned as aggressive and coarse.