It’s not that women are less corruptible than men are, it’s that women have had less chance to become corrupt.
GLORIA STEINEMClinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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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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I believe that transgender people, including those who have transitioned, are living out real, authentic lives. Those lives should be celebrated, not questioned. Their health care decisions should be theirs and theirs alone to make.
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I don’t like writing. I like having written.
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A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
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By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God.
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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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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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A good friendship is a conversation that never ends.
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Marriage works best for men than women. The two happiest groups are married men and unmarried women.
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Inner space is the real frontier.
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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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Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That’s their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood.
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The origins of violence against women by men are not biological. If that were the case, it would exist in every culture. And it doesn’t exist in every culture.
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imagining anything is the first step toward creating it. Believing in a true self is what allows a true self to be born.
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Because when some people are invisible, everyone suffers.
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