A lot of my generation are living out the un-lived lives of our mothers.
GLORIA STEINEMShow me something that is not transformed by the other half of the human race.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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At my graduation, I thought we had to marry what we wished to become. Now you are becoming the men you once would have wished to marry.
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Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father.
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The purpose of feminism is to free the uniqueness of the individual and to understand that inside each of us is a unique human being who is a combination of heredity and environment.
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Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.
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Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.
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Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age.
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We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.
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So why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one?
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Women can be vivacious. We are allowed more varieties of facial expression and gestures. Men must be rocklike.
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Writing keeps me from believing everything I read.
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The voting booth is the only place that a pauper equals a billionaire, and any woman equals any man.
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If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.
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Because when some people are invisible, everyone suffers.
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No one can give us power. If we aren’t part of the process of taking it, we won’t be strong enough to use it.
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Whenever one person stands up and says, “Wait a minute, this is wrong,” it helps other people do the same.
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