- Men
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- 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
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Skydiving is something I've never done! And I am very excited to take the leap with a community of like-minded courageous women.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that women on expeditions often get sucked into giving 150 percent of themselves because they feel they have to prove themselves physically equal to men. We get ourselves into trouble and burn out.
- Discriminated
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women are obviously much more discriminated against than men in many ways.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to be a voice for the thousands of women in our community who work hard, play by the rules, and still are struggling to get ahead.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the campaign, I've had the privilege of advocating for important issues that affect all women, like demanding equal pay for equal work, pushing to raise our minimum wage, and promoting the idea of paid family leave.
- Angry
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men make angry music and it's called rock-and-roll; women include anger in their vocabulary and suddenly they're angry and militant.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hate it when people don't recognize the work of women as being universal, or having any import to the world at large, as opposed to men's work, which is generally tends to be seen as more universal - men's writing about their own experience tends to be put in a broader context.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of women these days, a lot of young women don't want to call themselves feminists. You have this cheap, hideous 'girl power' sort of fad, which I think is pretty benign at best, but at worst, I think it's a way of taking the politics out of feminism and making it some kind of fashion.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't hate being compared with female musicians. I don't mind that at all. I have no problem with seeing connections between women's work.
- Harassment
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- Nov 07, 2020
#MeToo is a welcome change, and I would encourage women to call out sexual harassment issues in their workplaces.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
None of these devices address that women keep track of many people's lives, not just their own.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Leaders of the future will have to be visionary and be able to bring people in - real communicators. These are things that women bring to leadership and executive positions, and it's going to be incredibly valuable and incredibly in demand.
- Existence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Until Systers came into existence, the notion of a global 'community of women in computer science' did not exist.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020