Feminasty Quotes

“The idea that clothing choices can stop men from raping is a frustratingly common belief having nothing to do with sexual assault. According to a study by A Federal Commission on Crime of Violence, rapists could not remember what their victims were wearing. So why do people continue to blame the clothing choices of women?”
― Erin Gibson, Feminasty: The Complicated Woman's Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death

“#MeToo is about the myriad ways straight men are failing us—not just by being predators like Harvey Weinstein, but also by ignoring our consent in seemingly smaller ways too. It’s about men disregarding our boundaries in intimate situations because they’ve been taught every dick move is fair in the search for a mate, like we’re all just exotic fauna on their hunting safari.”
― Erin Gibson, Feminasty: The Complicated Woman's Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death

“People want us to be powerless, they want us not to see the oppression that holds us down. All you have to do is see it and change as much of it as you can handle. No one is asking you to change the world by yourself, so just start with your world.”
― Erin Gibson, Feminasty: The Complicated Woman's Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death

“But no woman, no matter how terrible, despicable, and hypocritical, deserves to be called a whore for what she’s wearing.”
― Erin Gibson, Feminasty: The Complicated Woman's Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death

“Who I dislike more than the church are the religious posers who take the parables of the Bible and use them as a weapon to hurt and control women. They’re like a Christian mullet—religion in the front, evil in the back.”
― Erin Gibson, Feminasty: The Complicated Woman's Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death

“During the Great Depression, Lysol was the number one form of contraception for women.”
― Erin Gibson, Feminasty: The Complicated Woman's Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death

“Next time a man is looking at your tits, try this: Look them in the eyes, giggle lightly, and say—loudly—“It’s so funny that you’re trying to look at my boobs!” Now you’ve got everyone’s attention. Escalate your laugh into a deep, maniacal cackle. He’ll try to leave the area, but you block him with your laugh-scream and shout, “It’s so funny that you’re trying to see my titties, ’CAUSE YOU’RE NEVER GONNA SEE THEM. EVVVVVVEEEEEEERRRRRRR!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA!!”
― Erin Gibson, Feminasty: The Complicated Woman's Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death

“I’m here to make sure we’re smarter than the patriarchy. That we identify every single way they’re trying to fuck with our lives. That we see through their lies and deceit and power-hungry motivations and find ways to subvert and destroy their system.2”
― Erin Gibson, Feminasty: The Complicated Woman's Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death

“During the Great Depression, Lysol was the number one form of contraception for women. You read that correctly. Lysol, the number one product for cleaning up elementary school puke, was marketed back then as a feminine hygiene douche for women. “Feminine hygiene” in the early 1930s wasn’t about keeping your flapper hoo-ha fresh and minty; it was woman code for “birth control,” which was illegal.1 So Lysol stepped in and became a woman’s first and only resort to prevent pregnancy.”
― Erin Gibson, Feminasty: The Complicated Woman's Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death

“Desert Ridge High School in Arizona even blamed the future unemployment of high school boys on the domino effect that occurs when boy sees young woman in yoga pants, boy gets distracted, boy fails all his classes, boy works as a fry cook. Boys getting distracted is not the female student’s problem. I spent half my time in high school looking into basketball shorts to stare at dicks and I graduated with a 4.0. Sounds like these boys have a time-management problem, not a yoga pant problem.”
― Erin Gibson, Feminasty: The Complicated Woman's Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death

“If a woman is offended by your words, then you are saying something repugnant.”
― Erin Gibson, Feminasty: The Complicated Woman's Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death