Gender Bias Quotes

• When we get feedback on women, we ask, "Is that real or is that the gender bias at play?" Everyone could start doing that today and I think we'd see really big results.

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  Sheryl Sandberg

  Real   Thinking   Gender Bias  

  Source: articles.chicagotribune.com

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• My experiences with gender bias are probably the norm. What I found was that expectations of women were simply lower, and this resulted in being overlooked for certain opportunities.

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  Heather Bresch

  Opportunity   Gender Bias   Expectations  

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• My theory of everything is that we are training kids to have gender bias against girls, therefore when you are an adult, you don't see it. We think it's normal.

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  Geena Davis

  Girl   Kids   Thinking  

  "The Conversation With Geena Davis, Leading The Charge On Gender Equity In Entertainment". Interview with Alison Glock, www.espn.com. October 30, 2015.

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• I'm suspicious of any man or woman who approaches their own liberation with any kind of gender bias

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  Andrew Cohen

  Men   Gender Bias   Prejudice  

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• "Natural" is a very dangerous word to use about sexuality ... Our society's notions of normality are completely fake and meta-trendy, since they rely on the changing standards of superstition, religion, Christianity and gender bias to define themselves. Americans, in particular, exhibit very childish reactions to sexual practices that are new to them, much like little kids who are offered a vegetable they haven't seen before: "That's disgusting!" "But darling, you haven't even tried it!" "I don't care, I hate it, I hate it!

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  Susie Bright

  Hate   Kids   Gender Bias  

  "Nothing But the Girl" by Susie Bright, (Introduction), 1996.

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• I'm not telling women to be like men. I'm telling us to evaluate what men and women do in the workforce and at home without the gender bias.

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  Sheryl Sandberg

  Home   Men   Gender Bias  

  "Sheryl Sandberg: Gender equality won't happen unless men speak up". Interview with Soledad O'Brien, Tara Kelly, www.cnn.com. April 17, 2013.

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• Kurt [Cobain ]was a feminist. A lot of the bashing against Courtney [Love] I think has to deal with gender bias and the media, and I think that he liked that she was taking the attention off of him.

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  Brett Morgen

  Thinking   Gender Bias   Media  

  Source: www.npr.org

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