a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle

Etymology
A well-known feminist slogan coined in 1970 by the Australian filmmaker, social activist, and writer (born 1948); according to her recollection, adapted from the phrase “A man needs God like a fish needs a bicycle” which she read in a philosophical text. The original phrase appears to be “A man without faith is like a fish without a bicycle”, coined by Charles S. Harris in 1955 and published in a 1958 article in the Swarthmore Phoenix. The phrase is often erroneously attributed to the American feminist journalist and social political activist (born 1934), but she disclaimed this in a letter to Time magazine published on 16 September 2000.

Phrase

 * 1)  A woman is capable of living a complete and independent life without a man.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Hakka:
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin: 沒有男人的女人就像沒有自行車的魚
 * Wu: 嘸沒男人個女人赛过嘸沒腳踏車個魚
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: een vrouw zonder man is als een vis zonder fiets
 * Finnish: nainen ilman miestä on kuin kala ilman polkupyörää
 * French: une femme sans homme est comme un poisson sans bicyclette
 * German: eine Frau ohne Mann ist wie ein Fisch ohne Fahrrad
 * Greek: literal translation if quoting the English phrase
 * Hindi:
 * Italian: una donna senza un uomo è come un pesce senza bicicletta
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: en kvinne uten mann er som en fisk uten sykkel
 * Nynorsk:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: kobieta tak potrzebuje mężczyzny, jak ryba potrzebuje roweru
 * Portuguese: uma mulher sem um homem é como um peixe sem uma bicicleta
 * Romanian: o femeie fără bărbat este ca un pește fără bicicletă
 * Russian: женщина без мужчины — всё равно что рыба без велосипеда, женщина без мужчины — всё равно что рыбка без зонтика
 * Serbo-Croatian: žena bez muškarca je kao riba bez bicikla
 * Spanish: una mujer sin un hombre es como un pez sin bicicleta
 * Swedish: en kvinna utan en man är som en fisk utan en cykel
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese: