Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited.
GLORIA STEINEMAt 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.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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You are the leader you’ve been waiting for.
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Whatever you want to do,do it now.
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[on sexual politics] The Golden Rule works for men as written, but for women it should go the other way around. We need to do unto ourselves as we do unto others.
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Housewives are dependent creatures who are still children…parasites.
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There are many ways of supporting gender equality, from something as simple as paid sick leave and flexible work hours to attributing an economic value to all care-giving, and making that amount tax deductible.
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A lot of my generation are living out the un-lived lives of our mothers.
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So why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one?
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One day an army of gray-haired women may quietly take over the Earth!
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Each others’ lives are our best textbooks.
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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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The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us
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Battered women is a phrase that uncovered major, long-hidden violence. It helps us to face the fact that, statistically speaking, the most dangerous place for a woman is in her own home, not in the streets.
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The story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights
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A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
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Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It’s about making life more fair for women everywhere. It’s not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It’s about baking a new pie.
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