- Nov 07, 2020
Women Quotes
On confidence, identity and being true to yourself.
These quotes discuss women's confidence and identity from a few angles: resisting pressure to act a certain way, and the discipline shown by women serving alongside men in the military. For related reflections, see our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fixing things around the house was the last bastion of manliness. But now, even that is getting taken away. As women become more economically independent, they are starting to fix things around the house for themselves.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
If men can quilt and take over the kitchen, then women can pick up a wrench and fix a leaky pipe.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women don't give up things. They don't give up responsibilities. They add new things. They exhaust themselves and still don't give anything up. And. And. And. And. And they do all these other things at the same time, which can be exhausting.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women are just much better at getting degrees than men. It seems that school at every level plays to the natural strengths of women more than it does to men.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men and women are equally intelligent, but separate factors, such as the abilities to focus, be collaborative and take other people's views into account, allow you to be successful.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women have a tendency not to give up realms once they take over new ones. We are still proprietary over the domestic realm even as we take over new professional realms, and that is a real problem.
- Happy Ending
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because women have been marginalised, they're more likely to behave like immigrants and continue to push themselves forward in order to avoid falling through the cracks, but I don't think a happy ending comes from matriarchy.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Interestingly, one thing I've found that neither women nor men give up on is the idea of men as protectors. Even in cases where the woman is earning more, they'll often tell me that if there were a fire or something, they would expect the man to be the one to protect them.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you look at total numbers in the working and middle class, men still on average make more than women.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Workplaces still operate like it's 1962 and one person is always at home, and they are not very good at adjusting for the fact that a majority of women work and take care of children.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of masculine power. Women, by contrast, are said to be more altruistic and collaborative, seeking power so that they can share it with others.
- Boring
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- Nov 07, 2020