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It is in Saudi Arabia's best interest to allow women to fully participate in its society, and this includes the right to vote and run for office. — Barbara Boxer

When we lift women up, our communities thrive. — Jaime Harrison

We can't afford not to educate girls and give women the power and the access that they need. — Michelle Obama

Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyone's responsibility. — Ban Ki-moon

My hope is that in the future, women stop referring to themselves as 'the only woman' in their physics lab or 'only one of two' in their computer science jobs. — Kirsten Gillibrand

Being a woman, in this world, ultimately makes you crazy. — Holly Bourne Am I Normal Yet?

I've always thought that the reason the devil approached Eve and not Adam is because the devil Recognized the power, courage, and tenacity of a woman, the world would have you believe that eve was a weaker sex and that is why the devil approached her, But think about it, a weak person would never disobey let alone desire to be God. — Micheline Jean Louis

Where I grew up, women's liberation was when you let a chick out of her cage for 15 minutes so she could stretch her legs. — John Rachel

Here's a nifty solution: Each couple that marries should take on an entirely new surname, chosen however they want as long as both agree to it, so that a day after the wedding, both husband and wife can hold hands and joyfully journey off to the municipal offices to change their passports, driver's licenses, signatures, initials, bank accounts, etc. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Dear Ijeawele,...

I hate gender stereotypes like girls love princesses and boys like guns. . . my point is that tying particular behaviors and interests to particular gender seems to be the major reason guys who like dance get called names. — Melissa Kantor Maybe One Day

Employed mothers and fathers both struggle with multiple responsibilities, but mothers also have to endure the rude questions and accusatory looks that remind us that we're shortchanging both our jobs and our children. — Sheryl Sandberg Lean In: Women,...

Of course, some people's "decadence" is other people's "liberation;" the exhaustion with child - bearing a child - rearing that Douthat finds so troubling is the weariness of women who've borne the children and, until very recently, raised them largely on their own, their "basic sacrifices" the sacrifices of individual identity, social relationships, or the pursuit of equality in the world. — Rebecca Traister All the Single...

A woman should never, never, never be financially dependent on anyone, especially a man, because the minute you are dependent, you could be abused. — Sue Grafton D is for...

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things. — Plato The Republic

Repression is a seamless garment; a society which is authoritarian in its social and sexual codes, which crushes its women beneath the intolerable burdens of honour and propriety, breeds repressions...

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