Quotes about Stereotypes
A lot of people don't realize that hair is a big thing for a lot of people, not just African-American women. It's something to be aware of and to be cautious of.
— Zendaya
The blue-collar is not supposed to read Horace, nor the farmer in his overalls Montale or Marvell. Nor, for that matter, is the politician expected to know by heart Gerard Manley Hopkins or Elizabeth Bishop. This is dumb as well as dangerous.
— Joseph Brodsky
When a man plays a woman in a dress, you're halfway there. It's inherently funny. When a woman plays a man, for whatever reason, it's not that instant kind of funny.
— Tina Fey
Men were valued by what they did, women by how they looked and then by what their husbands did, and all of life was arranged (or so we thought) from the outside in.
— Gloria Steinem
[ Hollywood] is a patriarchy, headed by men and built for men.
— Ava DuVernay
So often when Black men have to play roles on TV, we're either the noble savage or we're completely a savage, and there's no nuance.
— Don Cheadle
Men tend to gain wholeness by acquiring the qualities that are wrongly called feminine.
— Gloria Steinem
Woman: You certainly know the way to a man's heart. Mae West: Funny, too, 'cause I don't know how to cook.
— Mae West
a man doesn't prove he's a man by getting an erection. He's only a real man if he can pleasure a woman. And if he can pleasure a prostitute, he'll think he's the best lover on the block" -Nyah
— Paulo Coelho
Let's be honest: For a lot of well-meaning, open-minded white people, the sight of a young, black man in a hoodie still evokes a twinge of fear.
— Hillary Clinton
The topic of working moms is a tap-dance recital in a minefield.
— Tina Fey
In their hearts women think that it is men's business to earn money and theirs to spend it.
— Arthur Schopenhauer