Feminist Quotes That Wouldn’t Be Okay If The Sexes Were Reversed

The implication that men are absolutely useless to women is just as harmful as the misogynistic idea that women are only good for making a sandwich. How about promoting the idea that we’re all valuable?

Imagine saying that men aren’t responsible for the insecurities of a hysterical, weepy woman. Sounds like ugly stereotyping to me.

So men are objects of procreation then? This treads on awfully thin ice and reminds me of the off-putting idea that women are no more than baby-making machines.

I’m not sure that this is something to brag about, but doesn’t it sound a whole lot like power-hungry men of the 1960s seeking to dominate every woman in sight so they can keep her in her place?

I think if women were told we’re only afraid of “strong” men, we’d roll our eyes hard. It’s not a man’s strength we don’t like, it’s anger, hyper-control, and being treated as inferior, right? I think the same probably goes for men.

It’s interesting to imagine the outrage we’d see if women were told “real” women support men. In the end, while the support of others is important, it’s also on us to know our value and purpose. 

This sounds like something an angsty teenager would say about their parents. Anyone who’d actually believe this must not value reality — it ignores all the good things men have created and done for our society, something we as women really hate when it happens to us.

Toxic masculinity does ruin the party sometimes — just like toxic femininity, which is definitely a thing. We’re just not allowed to talk about it.

Think of a man saying, “As long as you know women are neurotic/weak/hysterical, you know everything!” Not only is it highly immature, incorrect, and idiotic to say this, it’s classless and harmful.

Okay, so the future is exclusionary. The future is only for us, not you. A female-only future is no different from all the years women spent silenced, living in their husband’s shadow, considered powerless — but now it’s “men’s turn.” But isn’t this kind of unfair oppression what feminism was supposed to be fighting against in the first place? 

It’s true that everyone is deserving of respect, regardless of our physical attraction to them. So it’s also true that women shouldn’t give preferential treatment to attractive men and treat less attractive men like they’re gross, right? Let’s face it, this isn’t something only men do. 

Nobody, and I mean nobody, is superior to anybody else simply because of their sex, race, or age. That’s the exact attitude of racism and sexism — something we all know is wrong. This really isn’t hard to grasp.

I completely agree with this sentiment. True strength is apparent when we don't need to put someone down in order to lift ourselves up. So shouldn’t we all hold ourselves to this standard?

Encouraging anger to inspire change is sort of laughable, but also scarily destructive. Can we all agree that some of the worst things in history have happened because of illogical, irrationally angry people?

It’s interesting to me that “powerful” has two very different meanings depending on whether it’s being used to describe a man or a woman. Powerful men are seen as predatory or problematic, yet women are encouraged unapologetically to seek power?

I don’t think feminists would appreciate the narrative that women are only useful if they can serve a purpose for a man, otherwise they just need to sit back down so someone more beneficial can be seen.

Imagine the fury we’d see if men insinuated that any woman who was intimidated by them was just weak, and invalidated her experience by saying she wasn’t worthy of being taken interest in anyway.

The Iron Lady herself had to deal with a lot of crap from men, so her attitude is understandable. But maybe there are action-takers on both sides of the gender aisle. Just saying.