Best Patriarchy Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“How dare a person tell a woman, how to dress, how to talk, how to behave! Any being who does that, is no human.”

“No wonder male religious leaders so often say that humans were born in sin—because we were born to female creatures. Only by obeying the rules of the patriarchy can we be reborn through men. No wonder priests and ministers in skirts sprinkle imitation birth fluid over our heads, give us new names, and promise rebirth into everlasting life.”

“Young girls often feel strong, courageous, highly creative, and powerful until they begin to receive undermining sexist messages that encourage them to conform to conventional notions of femininity. To conform they have to give up power.”

“When culture is based on a dominator model, not only will it be violent, but it will frame all relationships as power struggles.”

“They will tell you home is safe zone.”

“Spouses and lovers may come and go, but our children are our children forever.”

“Men have sacrificed and crippled themselves physically and emotionally to feed, house, and protect women and children. None of their pain or achievement is registered in feminist rhetoric, which portrays men as oppressive and callous exploiters.”

“They say women have no conscience about laws, don't they?" Mrs. MacAvelly suggested.”

“With oppression, one group has the power to realize their choices and to name the world in order to change the world, while the other has these choices, these names, and this world imposed on them.”

“Man looks on woman from his vantage point and reduces her to a being that is not for-itself but for-him.”

“Often father and daughter look down on mother (woman) together. They exchange meaningful glances when she misses a point. They agree that she is not bright as they are, cannot reason as they do. This collusion does not save the daughter from the mother’s fate.”