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5->''"Undue concern for women leads to [[HeManWomanHater contempt for them.]]"''
6-->-- '''Prime Minister Kayabuki''', ''[[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: 2nd Gig]]''
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8->''"Just because you're wearing armor doesn't mean you belong in a battlefield! Taking your head brings me only shame! Be gone! War is a man's work!"''
9-->-- '''Shimazu Toyohisa''' to '''Joan of Arc''', ''Manga/{{Drifters}}''
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13[[folder:Comic Books]]
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15->'''Olive:''' Why are there no women running for president?\
16'''Popeye:''' Because they're too busy runnin' fer huskbands!
17-->-- ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'', "Olive Oyl for President"
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21[[folder:Fan Works]]
22
23->'''{{ComicBook/Cyclops}}''': Jeannie, this could be dangerous!\
24'''ComicBook/JeanGrey''': And {{ComicBook/Magneto}} wasn't? Or Sauron, or Quasimodo, or the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, or any of those others?"
25-->-- ''Fanfic/XMen1970''
26
27->''Joe wouldn't have it. Sure, he'd taught Carol to fight. He'd taught all his kids to fight. That didn't mean she wasn't supposed to be a lady, and a lady's place was in the home, not acting like some harlot on a movie screen or in Vogue or being some spinster career girl. She was going to get married, and that was that. No sense in spending tuition money when she could have her pick of men right there in Boston. But, he said, she could go to secretarial school, or learn to be a nurse. Those were useful things.\
28So she [[ComicBook/CarolDanvers went and joined the Air Force.]]''
29-->-- ''Fanfic/APrizeForThreeEmpires''
30
31->'''Bulletman:''' In case you've forgotten, Susan, you're a wife and mother now. My wife, Jimmy's mother. We stopped wearing the helmets and costumes six years ago. I won't have you gallivanting around--\
32'''Bulletgirl:''' "You won't? Mr. Jim Barr, in case you've forgotten, I agreed to be your wife, not your bondservant.
33-->-- ''Fanfic/HereThereBeMonsters''
34
35->''"Those Princess Knights? They should be doing what a man should be telling them, not the other way around. They'll cook, clean, and fuck whenever we tell them to."''
36-->-- '''Vault''', ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls''
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40[[folder:Film]]
41
42->''"You women should stay at home where you belong!"''
43-->--'''Red Volkswagen Owner''', ''Film/TheNewYorkRipper''
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47[[folder:Literature]]
48
49->''These blithering women who thought they could do a man's work. Why the hell couldn't they stay at home and mind their pots and pans and stick to their frocks and gossip and leave men's work to the men.''
50-->-- '''Creator/IanFleming''', ''Literature/CasinoRoyale''
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54[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
55
56->"Oh, actually yeah, I did do something special. [[TakenForGranite I got turned into a stone statue,]] [[DamselInDistress and everyone had to come and save me.]] Awesome."
57-->-- '''Madison''', ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'' ("The Light")
58
59->"Every time you go out, you get [[DesignatedVictim arrested or stabbed]] [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe or betrothed.]] You should stay at home and do your embroidery!"
60-->-- '''Robin''' to Marian, ''Series/RobinHood''
61
62->"You know, you’d make a great nurse."
63-->--'''Cap. Archer''' to Subcommander (First Officer) T'Pol, ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' ("Twilight")
64
65->'''Margaret Schroeder''': I come from a country where women already have the right to vote. In fact, in most civilized countries women are afforded that privilege.\
66'''Senator Edge''': Well, in this country we're simply trying to protect women from the hard truths of life.\
67'''Margaret Schroeder''': By denying them the right to take a meaningful part in it?
68-->--''Series/BoardwalkEmpire''
69
70->"Women can't lead! Women can't win! They will always be outsmarted and outmuscled! They need to finally understand that what they can and should do is shut up, know their place and make me a goddamn sandwich!"
71-->--'''Kai Anderson''', ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory''
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75[[folder:Music]]
76
77->''When I went to school, I learned to write and how to read,\
78History, geography and home economy,\
79And typing is a skill that every girl is sure to need,\
80To while away the extra time until the time to breed,\
81And then they had the nerve to ask, "What would you like to be?"\
82I said, "I'm gonna be an engineer!\
83No, you only need to learn to be a lady,\
84The duty isn't yours, for to try and run the world,\
85An engineer could never have a baby,\
86Remember, dear, that you're a girl.''
87-->-- '''Peggy Seeger''', ''Gonna Be An Engineer''
88
89->''The first time it was [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI fathers]], the last time it was [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar sons]]\
90And in between, your [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII husbands]] marched away with drums and guns\
91But you never stopped to question, you just went on with your lives\
92'Cos all they taught you who to be was mothers, daughters, wives\
93And you believed them''
94--> -- '''Judy Small''', ''Mothers, Daughters, Wives''
95
96->''We make her paint her face and dance\
97If she won't be slave, we say that she don't love us\
98If she's real, we say she's trying to be a man\
99While putting her down we pretend that she is above us''
100-->--'''Music/JohnLennon''', "Woman is the Nigger of the World"
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102->''Who must find a way to keep a proper home\
103A quiet home, a kosher home?\
104Who must raise the family and run that home\
105So Papa's free to read the holy books''
106-->-- '''The Mama'''[[note]]The Mama![[/note]], ''Tradition'', ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof''
107
108->''There's a guy that lives in the [[UsefulNotes/NewJersey Garden State]]\
109And he told me that we'd make it 'til we graduate\
110So I told him that the music will be worth the wait\
111But he wants me in the kitchen with a dinner plate''
112-->--''Music/{{Halsey}}'', "Bad At Love"
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116[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
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118->'''Trinity:''' I'm going with you.\
119'''Neo:''' No, you're not.\
120'''Trinity:''' No? Let me tell you what I believe. I believe that Morpheus means more to me than he does to you. I believe if you are really serious about rescuing him, you are going to need my help. And since I am the ranking officer on this ship, if you don't like it, I believe you can go to hell.
121-->-- ''Film/TheMatrix''
122
123->'''Hammond:''' But you know, I should really be the one going.\
124'''Dr. Sattler:''' Why?\
125'''Hammond:''' Well, because you're a... and I'm a...\
126'''Dr. Sattler:''' Look, we can discuss "sexism in survival situations" when I get back.
127-->-- ''Film/JurassicPark''
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131[[folder:Video Games]]
132
133->''"Just a girl. Get out of here!"''
134-->--'''Ryu Hayabusa''' on meeting Irene Lew, ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden''
135
136->'''Lana''': Sir, I'm not staying behind!\
137'''Seliph''': I'm not going to let you get yourself killed out there. Nuns and warfare DO NOT MIX!!
138-->-- ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar''
139
140-> '''Flame Legion Recruiter''': Why fight for Blood when you can cook for Flame Legion? Females have it easy with us.\
141'''Elexus Shredskin''': You want me to desert and join you so you can demote me to fry cook?
142-->-- ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'', part of the personal story for Blood Legion charr characters.
143
144->''"This places is not for a woman! Go back home, take off your shoes, and stay in the kitchen!"''
145-->-- '''Franco Bash''' to Mai Shiranui, ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Fatal Fury 3]]''
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149[[folder:Web Original]]
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151->''Ben Steed is [[AuthorTract doing his usual bit for female emancipation]] by ensuring that the fair sex are treated as little more than slaves and tossing lines like ''don’t just stand there woman, [[TheNeedForMead bring ale!]]
152-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2015/04/as-bad-as-television-gets.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/BlakesSeven'', "Power"
153
154->''Eventually, you meet a ninja and his rad hound, and then you meet someone named Celes. The game talks her up like she's going to be a major player, but in general she's just some opera floozy who jumps off a cliff because she's too stupid to feed an old man food that isn't poisonous.''
155-->--'''[[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/kusoge/kusoge-finalfantasy6.htm Chris Rasa]]''' on ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' (April Fools' article)
156
157->''It’s not good for relationships to tell men what to do? Who the fuck taught her about relationships, [[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano]]? Or maybe this is just another creative way to sell copies of ARTPOP. 'Gaga, we’re thinking it might be a good idea to reach out to some previously ignored markets. What do you think about the submissive wives of Utah?''
158-->--'''[[http://dlisted.com/2014/03/25/lady-gaga-keeps-finding-new-ways-to-be-obnoxiously-frustrating/ Michael K.]]''', "Music/LadyGaga Keeps Finding New Ways To Be Obnoxiously Frustrating"
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160->''An industrious young woman neglects to charge for her housekeeping services and is rightly exploited for her naïveté. She dies without ever having sought her own happiness as the highest moral aim. I did not finish watching this movie, finding it impossible to sympathize with the main character. —No stars.''
161-->--'''[[http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/ayn-rand-reviews-childrens-movies Daniel Mallory Ortberg]]''', theorizing what Creator/AynRand would say about ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''
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163->''There is not a male wrestler on the {{Wrestling/WCW}} roster who couldn't have beaten Colonel Parker by whipping their dick out and flapping it in his general direction, and yet here he effortlessly tosses {{Wrestling/Madusa}} around like a rag doll because HE IS MAN AND MAN IS MIGHTY.''
164-->--'''''[[http://cewshreviews.blogspot.com/2014/08/wcw-uncensored-1996.html Cewsh Reviews]]''''' on ''WCW Uncensored '96''
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166->''When you talk to a guy, he wants you to get on a gatling gun and kill buffalo rapists. When you talk to a girl, she wants you to play a [[RhythmGame rhythm action]] game to feed her pigs. A woman's idea of a mission is a scenic wagon ride or driving her fussy cattle out to pasture, and she will be nagging at you the whole goddamn time.''
167-->-- '''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-ways-red-dead-redemption-hates-women/ "6 Things Red Dead Redemption Taught Me About (Hating) Women"]]
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169->''HAHA THE LADIES THEY KEEP SCREWING UP THE JOB THEIR GENDER ASSIGNED TO THEM AMIRGHT FELLAS BUT WHAT’RE YA GONNA DO IT’S NOT LIKE ''YOU’RE'' GOING TO COOK OR ANYTHING''
170-->'''''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon''''' [[http://joshreads.com/?p=22502#comments on]] ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS''
171
172->''...Tom Wilkinson is stuck in a more thankless role as the railroad tycoon whose turn towards evil is obvious from the moment he's introduced leering at ''[Ruth]'' Wilson, who becomes just another damsel in distress. In fact, when it looks like she's about to actually accomplish something during the climax, Tonto unwittingly knocks her out with a rock. I feel like there's a scene that captures every wrong-headed approach this film takes, and there's another one.''
173-->--'''[[http://www.hollywoodbitchslap.com/review.php?movie=22565&reviewer=429 Brett Gallman]]''' on ''Film/TheLoneRanger''
174
175->''"Is it because she's a girl, and you're a knight in shining armor, obliged to save damsels?"''
176-->-- '''Archer''' accusing Cloud of this trope (incorrectly), ''Roleplay/OurAvatarsAreInARoomTogether''
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182->"Shut your mouth, pussycat! Farmi un macchiato, pronto!"
183-->-- '''''WebVideo/ItalianSpiderman'''''
184
185->"Keeping with the tradition of only being relegated to horribly-trivial [[{{Padding}} B-plots]], Jill helps Shauni in her quest to drive out sub-standard beach concessions."
186-->-- '''Creator/AllisonPregler''' on ''{{Series/Baywatch}}'', "Home Court"
187
188->'''Mike:''' The Creator/MichaelBay [[BoobsAndButtPose Misogynistic, Dehumanizing Woman on Motorcycle/Car shots]]. That has yet to happen in this one. It's happened in this one and [[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon that one]]...\
189'''Jay:''' They have a closeup of her butt in that one.
190-->--''[[WebVideo/HalfInTheBag Half in the Bag]]'' watches the ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'' (simultaneously)
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194[[folder:Western Animation]]
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196->'''Kyle''': Yeah, but that sucks, to get your butt kicked by a girl, Stan.\
197'''Cartman''': I would never let a woman kick my ass. If she tried anything, I'd be like, "Hey, you get your bitch ass back in the kitchen, and make me some pie!"
198-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''
199
200->"This is the Association of World Super Men! You're little girls! We are the MEN! The protectors, the hunters, the fighters and the show-offs, and the noise-makers! ''You'' are ''little girls.'' You should be at home with your mommy learning how to cook and clean and... [[BlahBlahBlah blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-whatever-women-stuff.]] So leave the super heroics to the super MEN!!"
201-->-- '''Major Glory,''' ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'', "Members Only"
202
203->"When Creator/VirginiaWoolf wrote 'every woman needs a room of one's own,' she ''must'' have been talking about the kitchen!"
204-->-- '''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Marge Simpson]]'''
205
206->'''Mega Man:''' Whoa, where do you think you're going?\
207'''Roll:''' With you!\
208'''Mega Man:''' Not a chance, fancypants! I don't need any girl robots getting in my way!\
209'''Roll:''' You mean you don't want a girl robot showing you up.
210-->-- ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'' cartoon
211
212->"Your job is cleaning, cooking, shopping, laundry, and anything else I can think of."
213-->-- '''Eustace Bagge''', ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog''
214
215->'''Ash:''' Ash gets hungies at 8 o'clock. You need to get back in the kitchen, and make me dinner!\
216''(Marceline growls)''\
217'''Ash:''' I want a turkey sandwich, with... tomato!\
218''(Marceline growls louder)''\
219'''Ash:''' Also, pickles.\
220''(Marceline kicks Ash in the groin)''
221-->-- ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS3E3MemoryOfAMemory Memory of a Memory]]"
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224[[folder:Real Life]]
225->''"Remember, little girl, that one day you must be a German mother."''
226-->-- '''UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler''', ''Literature/MeinKampf''
227
228->''"Man is, or should be, woman's protector and defender.... The paramount destiny and mission of woman are to fulfill the noble and benign offices of wife and mother. This is the law of the Creator."''
229-->-- '''Justice Bradley''', United States Supreme Court, in ''Bradwell v. State of Illinois'' (1873)
230
231->''"Communism as an ideology had been passionately committed to women's equality and liberation... Yet, with rather rare exceptions...they were not prominent in the first political ranks of their parties, or indeed at all, and in the new communist-governed states they became even less visible. Indeed, women in leading political functions virtually disappeared."''
232-->-- '''Eric Hobsbawm''', ''The Age of Extremes''
233
234->''"Ladies, I have a mission for you on election day: cook! Sweet and exquisite things, please. Bring them to the polling station to be examined. The boldest can try making a tart, the most skillful, profiteroles."''
235-->-- Italian Prime Minister '''Silvio Berlusconi'''
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237->''"I believe it’s a biological function of men, because we tend to be larger than women, to be protective of them. If I were to try to zero in, comic-book-like, on when masculinity went awry, I’d say it was when Music/RodStewart sang, 'You are my lover, you’re my best friend,’ rather than allowing there to be two people in his life who served two very important functions."''
238-->-- '''Creator/FrankMiller''', [[http://comicsalliance.com/frank-miller-the-1940s-style-gentleman-needs-to-make-a-comeback/ "The 1940s-style Gentleman Needs to Make a Comeback"]]
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240->''"I spent most of '[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E5Timelash Timelash]]' tied to a pole. It was so small-minded. I have spoken to some of the other assistants and we all suffered from that problem. I found it incredible that ''Doctor Who'' has come so far and all they could find for me to do was tie me to a pole!"''
241-->-- '''Creator/NicolaBryant''' [[http://drwhointerviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/nicola-bryant-1992/ on]] ''Series/DoctorWho''
242
243->''"{{Creator/Marina|Sirtis}} and I have always laughed about the fact that both of us can do fencing and that sort of thing. We're the ones who bash pots over warrior's heads, instead of doing karate or whatever."''
244-->-- '''Creator/GatesMcFadden''' on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "Qpid"
245
246->''"A lot of girl power ended up on the cutting room floor, unfortunately. I had a really awesome scene where I was fighting The Foot Clan, but I think they were like, 'Why would a tiny journalist be able to kick so much ass?' So that got cut."''
247-->-- '''Creator/MeganFox''' on ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014''
248
249->''"Cut to: the dance, where Zack's forcibly twirled around by the disgusting {{tomboy}} freak (who's wearing a dress, but still gross because she's leading the dance, so might as well be dangling a pendulous pair of hairy testicles into a milkshake). These days, Rhonda, aka actress Kirsten Holmquist, hosts {{Creator/TLC}}'s real-estate development show ''Property Ladder'', but hopefully in a skirt, because I don't want our kids corrupted."''
250-->-- '''Stuart Millard''' on ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' ("Fatal Distraction"), ''So Excited, So Scared''
251
252->''"The funnest thing about writing this episode was having the GUYS be the wet blankets trying to be the voice of reason, in the face of the completely unstoppable ComicBook/BlackCanary and {{ComicBook/Huntress}}. It’s always, ALWAYS the other way around, the guys do all the fun, exciting business while the women roll their eyes and try to keep a leash on... Usually, the guys are the cocky, driven action heroes and the women are the wet blankets trying to keep up."''
253-->-- '''Creator/GailSimone''' discussing ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' on her [[http://gailsimone.tumblr.com tumblr]].
254
255->''"I believe there's a misconception that if you put a girl or a woman on the cover, the game will sell less. I know I’ve been in discussions where we've been asked to push Ellie to the back and everyone at Creator/NaughtyDog [[NetworkToTheRescue just flat-out refused.]]"''
256-->-- '''[[http://www.destructoid.com/devs-refused-to-move-ellie-to-back-cover-of-last-of-us-240444.phtml Neil Druckmann]]''', creative director of ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''
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