# Quote — Kate Bornstein, Gender Outlaw

> They believe (foolishly I think) that the power they have and exert over others is a good thing and they want to hang on to it, they're terrified of losing this stuff. What I'm talking about is what's been called '.'

- Author: [Kate Bornstein](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kate-bornstein.md)
- Book: [Gender Outlaw](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kate-bornstein/gender-outlaw.md)
- Page: 108
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kate_Bornstein#Gender_Outlaw:_On_Men,_Women_and_the_Rest_of_Us_(1995)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/kate-bornstein/gender-outlaw/they-believe-foolishly

## More from this book

> “Gender is not sane. It's not sane to call a rainbow black and white.”

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kate-bornstein/gender-outlaw/gender-is-not.md)

> Any power-over position forwards a culture that oppresses the transgendered. We should look for positions that allow us to bring out the power we have within us, and to acknowledge the power of others.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kate-bornstein/gender-outlaw/any-power-over-position.md)

> Standing with freaks never hurt anyone - it’s when we agree that we deserve the oppression and the ridicule that accompanies the freak’s position in the culture - that’s when the wound is mortal.

p. 81 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kate-bornstein/gender-outlaw/standing-with-freaks.md)