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Quotes by Estelle Ramey

Estelle Ramey

“Womens chains have been forged by men, not by anatomy.”

“ . . . what is human and the same about the males and females classified as Homo sapiens is much greater than the differences.”

“Anyone seeing women at a bargain-basement sale where aggression is viewed as appropriate, even endearing, sees aggression that would make Attila the Hun turn pale.”

“I dont mind . . . the fun and games of being treated like a fragile flower. But as a physiologist working with the unromantic scientific facts of life, I find it hard to delude myself about feminine frailty.”

“Are you a Feminist? (addressing a group of professional military officers) Oh...WRONG question. I should have asked are you a Father? When your daughter loses her job to a clearly less-qualified man, you will discover YOU are a feminist.”

“When you consider the incomes of professional sports figures compared with anyone else -- its clear that Americans overvalue trivia.”