Quotes About Empowerment

All feminists are suffragists, but not all suffragists are feminists, as one feminist explained.

All feminists are suffragists, but not all suffragists are feminists," as one feminist explained. Feminists rejected the idea of women as reformers whose moral authority came from their differentness from men—women were supposedly, by nature, more tender and loving and chaste and pure—and advocated instead women's full and equal participation in politics, work, and the arts, on the grounds that women were in every way equal to men.

Frankly, Wonder Woman is psychological propaganda for the new type of woman who should, I believe, rule the world. —William Moulton Marston, March 1945

Wonder Woman didn't begin in 1941 when William Moulton Marston turned in his first script to Sheldon Mayer. Wonder Woman began on a winter day in 1904 when Margaret Sanger dug Olive Byrne out of a snowbank.

Girls are also human beings, a point often overlooked.

And that's the point; not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength and power. Not wanting to be girls, they don't want to be tender, submissive, peace-loving as good women are. Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their week ones.

You can be strong as any boy if you'll work hard and train yourself in athletics, the way boys do.

The "basis of Feminism," Sanger said, had to be a woman's control over her own body, "the right to be a mother regardless of church or state."15

I just needed to hear someone else say it. I do deserve better.

You already know he's a pathetic excuse for a man and you deserve better.

This was the next phase of her life and from now on, she wasn't going to take any rubbish from anyone. From now on she was going to decide what she wanted and go for it.

But this was just making her feel claustrophobic. They couldn't carry on like this; she was going to have to do something about it.

Live as big as you can, with what you've got.

I've given up men. It's true. At first, I was just going to give up attorneys, but that seemed immature - and far too exclusive, so I'm playing it safe and giving up all the penis-carrying humans.

Men exist because a vibrator can't fix a flat tire. On second thought, I should just buy a AAA card...

I'm not defined by what people think of me. My happiness comes from within.

Try asking sometime. Not all women will stand for that 50 Shades crap, you know.

A hint about women,' Mick said to Cliff. 'Never in the history of all history has telling a woman to calm down ever calmed one down.

I think you have a case of being a little girl. Maybe you should prescribe yourself a heavy dose of man-the-fuck-up.

Don't ever be sorry for being who you are. Most of us go our whole lives not really getting it right, just settling." He tugged a strand of her hair. "Do you have any idea the strength it takes to not settle? To keep pushing and seeking for what works?

Don't ever wait around for your life. Go get what you want. Because believe me, no one's going to give it to you.

Let me in.' 'Come to the door.' You always demanding like that? No wonder she isn't answering. Try asking sometime. Not all women will stand for that 50 Shades crap, you know.

Harper was looking forward to living life as she wanted—without obligations or anything that preyed on or drained her emotions. Not that anything could drain them at the moment. Nope, her emotional gas tank was already on E for Empty

I'm not defined by someone I thought I was dating, Luke, or what I do for a living. I'm not defined by what people think of me. My happiness comes from within, and I—