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.
GLORIA STEINEMThe 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.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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But somewhere within each of us, buried at varying depths depending on the age and degree of neglect or abuse, shame or coercion we endured, there is a resistant, daydreaming, rebellious, creative, unique child — a true self who is waiting.
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The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.
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Women must have seats at the table because peace is too crucial to be left only to the politicians or only to the male half of our world.
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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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Whatever you want to do,do it now.
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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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By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God.
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Intelligence without character is a dangerous thing.
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Because when some people are invisible, everyone suffers.
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Each others’ lives are our best textbooks.
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learning must travel the distance from head to heart.
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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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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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So whatever you want to do, just do it… Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential.
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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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