The West Wing (TV Series)

Night Five (2002)

Kim Webster: Ginger

Quotes 

• Sam Seaborn : Hang on -to Ainsley- Here she is. Celia, I asked Ainsley, and she said she didn't mind at all. Plus Charlie said he's fine with it.

  Celia Walton : Charlie's a man.

  Charlie Young : Damn right.

  Sam Seaborn : Yeah, I also thinks its important to make clear that I'm not a sexist.

  Charlie Young : And that I'm all man.

  Ainsley Hayes : You're Celia? He's not a sexist.

  Celia Walton : If you're willing to let your sexuality diminish your power.

  Ainsley Hayes : I'm sorry?

  Celia Walton : I said, I'm surprised you're willing to let your sexuality diminish your power.

  Ainsley Hayes : I don't even know what that means.

  Celia Walton : I think you do.

  Ainsley Hayes : And I think you think I'm made out of candy glass, Celia. If somebody says something that offends you, tell them. But all women don't have to think alike.

  Celia Walton : I didn't say they did. And when someone said something that offended me, I did say so.

  Ainsley Hayes : I like it when the guys tease me. It's an inadvertent show of respect I'm on the team, and I don't mind it when it gets sexual. And you know what? I like sex.

  Charlie Young : Hello!

  Ainsley Hayes : I don't think whatever sexuality I may have diminishes my power. I think it enhances it.

  Celia Walton : And what kind of feminism do you call that?

  Ainsley Hayes : My kind.

  Ginger : It's called lipstick feminism. I call it stiletto feminism.

  Sam Seaborn : Stilettos?

  Ainsley Hayes : You're not in enough trouble already?

  Sam Seaborn : I suppose I am.

  Celia Walton : Isn't the point that Sam wouldn't have been able to find another way to be chummy with a woman who wasn't sexually appealing?

  Ainsley Hayes : He would be able to. But that isn't the point. The point is that sexual revolution tends to get in the way of actual revolution. Nonsense issues distract attention away from real ones. Pay equity, child care, honest-to-God sexual harassment. And in this case, a speech in front of the UN General Assembly. So. You -to Sam- 25 percent on the assessments for Category A. You -to Charlie- I don't know what your thng is. And you -to Celia- stop trying to take the fun out of my day. With that, I'm going to get a cupcake.

  Sam Seaborn : Well, for the moment at least, I'm gonna do what she's telling me to do.

• Sam Seaborn : Hang on -to Ainsley- Here she is. Celia, I asked Ainsley, and she said she didn't mind at all. Plus Charlie said he's fine with it.

  Celia Walton : Charlie's a man.

  Charlie Young : Damn right.

  Sam Seaborn : Yeah, I also thinks its important to make clear that I'm not a sexist.

  Charlie Young : And that I'm all man.

  Ainsley Hayes : You're Celia? He's not a sexist.

  Celia Walton : If you're willing to let your sexuality diminish your power.

  Ainsley Hayes : I'm sorry?

  Celia Walton : I said, I'm surprised you're willing to let your sexuality diminish your power.

  Ainsley Hayes : I don't even know what that means.

  Celia Walton : I think you do.

  Ainsley Hayes : And I think you think I'm made out of candy glass, Celia. If somebody says something that offends you, tell them. But all women don't have to think alike.

  Celia Walton : I didn't say they did. And when someone said something that offended me, I did say so.

  Ainsley Hayes : I like it when the guys tease me. It's an inadvertent show of respect I'm on the team, and I don't mind it when it gets sexual. And you know what? I like sex.

  Charlie Young : Hello!

  Ainsley Hayes : I don't think whatever sexuality I may have diminishes my power. I think it enhances it.

  Celia Walton : And what kind of feminism do you call that?

  Ainsley Hayes : My kind.

  Ginger : It's called lipstick feminism. I call it stiletto feminism.

  Sam Seaborn : Stilettos?

  Ainsley Hayes : You're not in enough trouble already?

  Sam Seaborn : I suppose I am.

  Celia Walton : Isn't the point that Sam wouldn't have been able to find another way to be chummy with a woman who wasn't sexually appealing?

  Ainsley Hayes : He would be able to. But that isn't the point. The point is that sexual revolution tends to get in the way of actual revolution. Nonsense issues distract attention away from real ones. Pay equity, child care, honest-to-God sexual harassment. And in this case, a speech in front of the UN General Assembly. So. You -to Sam- 25 percent on the assessments for Category A. You -to Charlie- I don't know what your thing is. And you -to Celia- stop trying to take the fun out of my day. With that, I'm going to get a cupcake.

  Sam Seaborn : Well, for the moment at least, I'm gonna do what she's telling me to do.