“Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with absolute truth.”— Simone de Beauvoir
“Patriarchal religion and society are based on theologies and stories that legitimate the right of a few men to dominate other men, women, and nature.”— Carol P. Christ
“A culture that worships a male god will in a variety of ways celebrate maleness and male superiority.”— Carol P. Christ
“When feminism does not explicitly oppose racism, and when anti-racism does not incorporate opposition to patriarchy, race and gender politics often end up being counterproductive.”— Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
“The word 'sin' is derived from the Indo-European root 'es-,' meaning 'to be.' When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that for a woman trapped in patriarchy... 'to be' in the fullest sense is 'to sin'.”— Mary Daly
“'God's plan' is often a front for men's plans and a cover for inadequacy, ignorance, and evil.”— Mary Daly
“All men are rapists and that's all they are. They rape us with their eyes, their laws, and their codes.”— Marilyn French
“The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence against women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves.”— Marilyn French
“Patriarchy is a system of male dominance, a system in which men hold power and women are largely excluded from it.”— Marilyn French
“The feminist movement in religion is carrying a torch against the patriarchal darkness under which we have lived for thousands of years.”— Naomi R. Goldenberg
“It is a fact which cannot be denied that the men in all ages have written the literature of the world.”— Ida Husted Harper
“Science in a patriarchal culture is male-dominated, not just in numbers, but in its values, assumptions, and techniques.”— Ruth Hubbard