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I think it will be truly glorious when women become real people and have the whole world open to them.
Half the population of the entire world is women, and people are somehow shocked that this entire half is as capable as the other half.
If we want little girls and young women and people of color to see they have a place in the tech world, it's up to us to make that place for them.
It takes a lot of guts to put on a face full of makeup, being a male in the world where a lot of people still think that cosmetics are only for women.
I think older women's voices are the most hated voices in the world - whether it's because people are reminded of their mothers or what, I don't know.
I have always been drawn to strong and interesting women, people who have navigated that world before you and maintained their integrity and sense of self.
The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.
You can't deny that if you have, you know, people who think it's okay to talk about women, to disregard the rights of workers, we're in trouble as an inclusive world.
I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want to be called women comedians, but I think it gives a path to the fact that we live in extremely patriarchal times.
When the #MeToo movement started and went viral, it was everyday people all around the world. The fact that the stories continue to be about famous white women has everything to do with who the media places attention on.
The AIDS epidemic began before I was born - I've never known a world without it. And yet, despite its omnipresence in our lives, there remains a pervasive silence around AIDS among young people, particularly young women.
I think people need to commit to one another before they commit to bringing children into the world because that's the optimum arrangement for children, not to take anything at all away from women who have to rear their children by themselves.
I was able to represent my country and put on the red, white, and blue - how many people in the world get to do that? Standing on the podium with my teammates, and being the first women's gymnastics team to win this gold medal, it was life-changing!
Women are not making it to the top. A hundred and ninety heads of state; nine are women. Of all the people in parliament in the world, thirteen per cent are women. In the corporate sector, women at the top - C-level jobs, board seats - tops out at fifteen, sixteen per cent.