Gang på gang er der inspirerende kvinder, der gør os stolte af at dele vort køn med dem. Kvinder, der kæmper for ligestilling, og som kan tale deres sag som ingen andre. Dét vil vi gerne hylde herinde på ELLE-redaktion, og derfor har vi samlet 19 visdomsord fra feministiske kvinder fra hele verden, der gør os stolte af at være kvinde.
Seje, stærke og inspirerende kvinder er der nok af verden over, men er vi alle gode nok til at hylde dem?
Det gør vi faktisk hver eneste dag på ELLE, altså hylder stærke kvinder, og i dag har vi tænkt os at slå et slag for de mange inspirerende feminister, der dagligt kæmper for ligestilling og alle dem, der tidligere har gjort det.
”Hvis du vil have noget sagt, spørg en mand. Hvis du vil have noget gjort, spørg da en kvinde.”
Denne velkendte sætning udtalte den tidligere britiske premierminister Margaret Thatcher under en konference i 1965, og vores feministiske kvinde indvendig kan kun nikke anerkendende til.
Hillary Clinton er kvindeforkæmper med stort k. Således har hun udtrykt sin mening om det kvindelige køn adskillige gange, og vi har derfor samlet hele fire citater fra den tidligere førstedame og nu aggressive amerikanske poltiker i galleriet nedenfor.
“When there are no ceilings, the sky’s the limit. So let’s keep going—let’s keep going until every one of the 161 million women and girls across America has the opportunity she deserves to have.”
Efter den ene inspirerende kvinder, kommer den anden. Og efter den ene tidligere førstedame kommer nu den næste. Michelle Obama, som vi heller ikke helt kan få nok af, udtalte i 2018, at ”der er ingen grænse for, hvad vi som kvinder kan udrette.” Og til det kan vi bare stemme i og sige ’HØRT!’
Er du slet ikke færdig med at læse flere inspirerende, banebrydende og benhårde visdomsord fra anerkendte kvinder hele verden over?
Så se med i galleriet herunder, hvor vi har samlet 19 opløftende citater til dig – lige fra Hillary Clinton og Michelle Obama til Rihanna og Madonna.
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Angelina Jolie"Around the world there are countless examples of women rising, taking leadership, taking their destiny into their own hands, inspiring all of us. But women and girls are still the majority of the victims of war. They are over half of all refugees, and the vast majority of the victims of rape and other sexual and gender-based violence."
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Madonna"I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay."
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Margaret Thatcher"If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman."
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Meryl Streep"You could make a case that, along with the technological revolution, the most provocative upending destabilizing thrilling change in the course of human history is that we’re finally in it. … We're here now, women are in the world, and we will not be bullied."
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Michelle Obama"There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish."
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Rihanna"There's something so special about a woman who dominates in a man's world. It takes a certain grace, strength, intelligence, fearlessness, and the nerve to never take no for an answer.”
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Shonda Rhimes"Words have power. TV has power. My pen has power."
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Bette Davis"When a man gives his opinion, he's a man; when a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch."
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Beyoncé"We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead."
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Diane von Furstenberg"I always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a girl. I wanted to be a woman."
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Eleanor Roosevelt"Women must learn to play the game as men do."
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Hillary Clinton"Whether I am meant to or not, I challenge assumptions about women. I do make some people uncomfortable, which I'm well aware of, but that's just part of coming to grips with what I believe is still one of the most important pieces of unfinished business in human history—empowering women to be able to stand up for themselves.""When there are no ceilings, the sky's the limit. So let's keep going—let's keep going until every one of the 161 million women and girls across America has the opportunity she deserves to have.""To all the little girls who are watching this, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful, and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to pursue and achieve your own dreams.""Human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights, once and for all."
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Emma Watson“The more I have spoken about feminism the more I have realized that fighting for women's rights has too often become synonymous with man-hating. If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that this has to stop.”
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Helen Keller"Women have discovered that they cannot rely on men's chivalry to give them justice."
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Jane Austen"I hate to hear you talking so like a fine gentleman, and as if women were all fine ladies, instead of rational creatures. We none of us expect to be in smooth water all our days."
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Madeleine Albright"It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent."
