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So why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one?

Gloria Steinem

There are two types of people in the world, those who say ‘there are two types of people in the world’ and those who don’t.
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Funny People Talk World
learning must travel the distance from head to heart.
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Distance Head Heart Learning Travel
Women can be vivacious. We are allowed more varieties of facial expression and gestures. Men must be rocklike.
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Appearance Diverse Expression Freedom Men Rock Variety Women
I want to say to you that there is life and dreams and surprises after 30-and 40, and 50, and 60, and 77! Believe me, life is one long surprise.
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Age Inspirational Life Myself Surprise
I think that we need to change the culture, not blame the people that are playing the only game that exists.
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Blame Change Culture Myself Thinking
[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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Around Golden Men Need Ourselves Rule Self Love Way Women Work Writing
What would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?
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Generation Ourselves Raise Respect Violence
The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us
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Art Control Life Ourselves
There is a naive belief that injustice only had to be pointed out in order to be cured.
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Belief Change Cure Injustice Naive Order Point
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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Bake Creation Existence Fair Feminism Job Life Pieces Women
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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Acceptance Authentic Believe Celebration Myself People Question
We’ve begun to raise daughters more like sons… but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.
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Children Courage Daughter Equality Feminism Growth Parenting Son Women Empowerment
Marriage works best for men than women. The two happiest groups are married men and unmarried women.
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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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Abuse Age Bury Children Degree Endurance Neglect Ourselves Rebel Resistant Shame Spiritual Wait Wisdom
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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Enough Part Power Process Strong
Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren’t, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.
GLORIA STEINEM

Destroy Difference Justice Law

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