Gender Quotes in The Walking Dead

Rick being reunited with his wife basically goes like this: "I'm so glad you're okay. Now do my laundry, woman." Of course, to get out all those zombie-guts stains, she'll need Tide with Bleach Alternative.

If no menfolk had arrived, Lori probably would have just starved.

Donna thinks it's unfair that the men hunt and the women do the laundry, and she stirs up a huge argument by saying this. While she has a point about the lack of fairness, we doubt the men are trying to take away her voting rights… not that there will ever be anything to vote for again.

Lori's decidedly not a feminist. She believes a woman's place is in the home, or in the part of the camp involving laundry. She hasn't shot a gun and she doesn't seem to have any desire to try.

She elaborates on her previous stance: it's about being realistic. Women shooting guns! How silly. Who's ever seen that happen?

Now, we're not sure how old Carol's daughter Sophia is, but she seems pretty close in age to Carl. Why isn't she learning how to fire a handgun too?

Donna probably wouldn't have a problem if Dale were rooming with twin brothers. She thinks it's unusual for two women to be staying in Dale's camper, even though they're all in a platonic relationship.

Dale keeps the sisters around because they do housework just like his wife used to do! Notice a theme here? Do they make him sandwiches? Is the author trying to be provocative?

Even though pretty much everyone agrees that women are supposed to be housewives, Rick still manages to use the term "housewife" as an insult.

Lori drops her gun. Depending on your perspective, this could be because she's scared (see the Fear theme) or because she's a useless woman, or maybe being a useless woman is what makes her scared. If that zombie had a laundry basket, she'd be all over it.