116 Quotes by Soraya Chemaly

Being indirectly aggressive is one way that many women navigate strong negative emotions and competition in the face of social prohibitions of displaying them more openly.

Women often endure infertility, pregnancy, infant loss, miscarriages, and stillbirths in isolation, because while sadness is a socially palatable response to these often life-altering events, rage, frustration, jealousy, and guilt are not.

Adults genuinely want to make sure that girls know they are more than just sex on legs, but dress codes that disproportionately target girls with developing bodies or for showing skin do exactly that by centering the gazes of the heterosexual boys and men around them.

... anger was washing through me like a tidal force.

A 2016 study conducted by researchers at Cornell University determined that job type is one of the single greatest contributors to an enduring gender wage gap. The more "feminized" a job, the less people will pay for someone to do it.

Women who are actively aware of discrimination and develop a comfort level in speaking about it openly are the most likely to challenge aggressions in their daily lives and report higher levels of “closure” and satisfaction than those who don’t.

In a study of children’s toy and television preferences, researchers Isabelle Cherney and Kamala London found that, when left alone, half of boys ages five through thirteen picked “girl” and “boy” toys equally – until they thought they were being watched. They were especially concerned about what their fathers would think if they saw them. Over time, boys’ interests in toys and media become more rigidly masculinized and codified, whereas girls’ stay relatively open ended and flexible.

Anger is like water. No matter how hard a person tries to dam, divert, or deny it, it will find a way, usually along the path of least resistance.

Instead of having lost her mind, I thought it more likely that it was the only thing she had managed to keep to herself.