One day an army of gray-haired women may quietly take over the Earth!
GLORIA STEINEMOnce we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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Intelligence without character is a dangerous thing.
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I believe a unique core self is born into every human being; the result of millennia of environment and heredity combined in an unpredictable way that could never happen before or again.
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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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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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Women tend to be conservative in youth and get more radical as they get older because they lose power with age. So, if a young woman is not a feminist, I say, just wait.
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What would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?
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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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You are the leader you’ve been waiting for.
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If the shoe doesn’t fit, must we change the foot?
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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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In order to make a choice, you need the power to see there is one.
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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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So why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one?
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The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen’s skin.
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Because when some people are invisible, everyone suffers.
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