- Drag
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gender Quotes
Lines on identity, fairness, and how we judge people.
These quotes range from personal reflections on identity to a broader call for fairness, including one entry arguing that people deserve to be judged on their own behavior and character rather than race, profession, or gender. Another voice describes style and personal expression as simply not bound by gender at all. Related reading sits on the Equality quotes page.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
We should release films without revealing the director's name, as his or her gender would not be a barometer to watch those films.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a weird but definite kid, and there were essentially no gender roles for me to fit into.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was ahead of the gender curve, but I wasn't ahead of the intersectionality curve, and I get it now. It's important to me.
- Makeup
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- Nov 07, 2020
I fantasize about the networks making a rule that each show's writing staff needs to reflect the gender and racial makeup of its audience.
- Injustice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gender injustice is a social impairment and therefore has to be corrected in social attitudes and behaviour.
- Balance
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- Nov 07, 2020
U.N. employees, including senior leadership, should be selected based on merit and competence while continuing endeavors to achieve gender parity and geographical balance.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
President Obama's version of America is a divided one - pitting us against each other based on our income level, gender, and social status. His policies have failed! We are not better off than we were 4 years ago, and no rhetoric, bumper sticker, or campaign ad can change that.
- Computer Science
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are several places in Vietnam where they're teaching computer science from second grade in class, so they don't have a gender divide because everybody is expected to program.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
We were unusually brought up; there was no gender differentiation. I was never thought of as any less than my brother.
- Realize
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether I realize it or not, I have benefitted from my skin color and my gender - and those of a different gender or sexuality or skin color have suffered because of it.
- Nov 07, 2020