Some people ask: “Why the word feminist? Why not just say you are a believer in human rights, or something like that?” Because that would be dishonest. Feminism is, of course, part of human rights in general—but to choose to use the vague expression human rights is to deny the specific and particular problem of gender.

What if, in raising children, we focus on ability instead of gender? What if we focus on interest instead of gender?

We raise girls to see each other as competitors—not for jobs or accomplishments, which in my opinion can be a good thing—but for the attention of men.

“I did it for peace in my marriage,” it is usually because they have given up a job, a career goal, a dream.

We spend too much time teaching girls to worry about what boys think of them. But the reverse is not the case. We don’t teach boys to care about being likable.

the higher you go, the fewer women there are.

My own definition is a feminist is a man or a woman who says, yes, there’s a problem with gender as it is today and we must fix it, we must do better. All of us, women and men, must do better.

Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture.

“Why does it have to be you as a woman? Why not you as a human being?” This type of question is a way of silencing a person’s specific experiences.