Believe me, I recognize the cultural and anatomical challenges and respect the sacrifices women make in order to balance family and a career, or family with no career, or career with no family.

Martial arts should be part of every girl's education.

When I first started getting into the business, a young woman in a music game that was mostly men, I did feel inadequate.

Women are not different creatures from men. They don't need to be extra careful around us. They just need to treat us with the same basic respect and dignity that they show to other men.

When I created Buffy, I wanted to create a female icon, but I also wanted to be very careful to surround her with men that not only have no problem with the idea of a female leader, but were in fact...

The State House is notorious for its crazy, unpredictable work hours - it's a big reason why women are deterred from entering the legislature at all levels, and especially in leadership.

Nobody wanted to help me get my start, not to mention it's tough being a female in a man's world of stand-up comedy. It's a very competitive world, and it was a challenge to find my own voice, stick...

Usually that's going into biology in a certain way. There's certain strengths and weaknesses to both of the sexes. And I'm not against employing those nor am I against denying those, what I am looking...

How many women have been in a mental institution because they've been called crazy when they're just not allowed to be honest or be who they are?

A woman who doesn't want to have kids is sort of a mystery to people. That's a question they're asked the minute they get married, it's a question they're asked constantly, 'Don't you want to have...

Women in Somalia face almost unimaginable oppression.

I want to see more girls coming into the sport. There were actually a lot in Canada when I was riding there, but we can let girls know that they can be jockeys. And if they can't be jockeys, why can't...

Full social and political engagement is impossible without economic empowerment, a point that is as true for women as it is for young people of either gender.

How is it even sustainable in 21st-century America that women earn, on average, 77 cents for every dollar earned by men?

I think it is too hard for men to talk about gender. We have to let men talk about this... because we need men to talk about this if it is ever going to change.

Roles for women need to be better written.

Women need to be empowered to shape their own livelihoods and become CEOs of their own lives. They must be allowed to take control of important life decisions that are so often decided by others.

My purpose as an artist is to heal the divided feminine in our culture. Well, okay wait, that sounds incredibly cheesy and like something a massage therapist might do at Esalen.

Subjugation of women and of the Earth are one and the same.

But many people doubt female riders because they say we're not strong enough.

Women leading means that Congress is working to create jobs, make quality child care more affordable and strengthen the middle class because we understand that America grows the economy and...

When you are a strong woman, you will attract trouble. When a man feels threatened, there is always trouble.

For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.

Though I technically come from a film family, my father had stopped making films even before my brother and I were born. So I did not really grow up in a filmi environment. And when I was growing up,...

If you've attended the Cordon Bleu, you would know that no woman is supposed to be a chef - only men.

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.

When we lift women up, our communities thrive.

Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex.

Going out and playing football or baseball with the boys, when I was a tomboy, was a great way to learn about winning and losing, and most girls didn't have that experience.

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