Gender

“I think there is still a pressure to be likable, and sort of warm and understood, and men are not held to that same standard.”

“It has been proven time and again that men do make war but are unable to make peace themselves.”

“Untuk seseorang wanita itu naik dalam politik, dia mesti diterima oleh lelaki.”

“No more must we be regarded as toys – but women of foresight, strength and skill.”

“I want to play women in all their many facets.”

“I don't think people have to be aroused sexually by what you wear.”

“Only the Black Woman can say “when and where I enter, in the quiet, undisputed dignity of my womanhood, without violence and without suing or special patronage, then and there the whole Negro race enters with me.””

“I have never separated women's liberation from the liberation of my country.”

“We act and walk and speak and talk in ways that consolidate an impression of being a man or being a woman.”

“روزنامه‌ایست اخلاقی، ادبی، حفظ الصحه اطفال، خانه‌داری، بچه‌داری، مسلک مستقیمش تربیت دوشیزگان و تصفیه اخلاق زنان راجع به مدارس نسوان”

“I would never use my femininity to get a story that a man could not get.”

“Mektebin zükûr kısmının el’an açılamaması ve ders programının tamamen tatbik edilememesi kanaatimi teyit etmiştir.”

“I feel like I’m in such a pivotal stage, not only as an artist but as a woman. Every day I’m on a new page.”

“Keinginanku sebenarnya bukanlah sekedar meminta ruang kaum ibu dalam surat kabar Oetusan Melajoe yang bapak pimpin, tetapi ... penerbitan yang istimewa untuk kaum perempuan.”

“This is not an empowerment. It is denial.”

““Everybody always tries to pit women against each other. But I feel like we’re so different.””

“Thurgood [Marshall] says that the only people who are safe in the South are the women—white and Negro. I don't know how he's got that figured. But, so far, I've never been subjected to any violence.”

“No! Emancipate her then!”