438 Quotes About Women-s-rights

Abortion is legal almost everywhere, not because people all over the world love to kill babies for fun, but because a fetus is not a baby.

My stomach churns at how foul a place men have made the world - aided by the women who blindly adhere to their rules.

Hillary and her peers made securing women's rights the fight of their lives. My generation has a responsibility to take the power and freedom they fought for and make the world a better, safer place.

The lines between body and womb have become blurred, a vessel inside a vessel. The physical body - the visible collection of bones and skin we present to the world - does not fully belong to its owner if the womb within it contains an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy. There are all kinds of people ready to queue up and remind a woman of that.

Violence is the type of possession.

The pregnant body is not solely its owner's domain. In gestating another person you become public property.

ان هذه الصفات التي شاعت عن الحُب من حيث أنه أعمى وأنه مجنون وأنه قدر يحل بالإنسان من أول نظرة كالسهم القاتل فيصبح أسرًا له فاقد الإرادة، فاقد الوعي، فاقد البصر، هذه الصفات ليست صفات الحُب. فالحُب ليس سهم كيوبيد ينطلق ويصيب الإنسان، ليس الحُب مرضًا، وليس انهيارًا مؤقتًا، وليس حالة من الطغيان العاطفي، الحُب ليس جنونًا، والحُب ليس أعمى.

We have survived witch trials and honour killings, rapes and acid attacks. We have died for our right to exist, and then stood right back up for our right to vote. We are warriors and our own heroes, the very least we deserve is each other’s love.

One historical note that I just love: When the suffragettes were marching, at one point they started wearing red lipstick so they would all be wearing the same bold color and stand in solidarity with one another. I love how this little thing many women had in their purses became a powerful political symbol. It's a reminder that we don't have to diminish ourselves as women to be seen as strong. You can push for societal change and you can love getting dressed up. You don't have to choose.