We’ve begun to raise daughters more like sons… but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.
GLORIA STEINEMA good friendship is a conversation that never ends.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
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Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.
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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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[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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I have me brave women who are exploring the outer edge of human possibility, with no history to guide them, and with a courage to make themselves vulnerable that I find moving beyond words.
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A good friendship is a conversation that never ends.
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If you really want to be lonely, get married.
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learning must travel the distance from head to heart.
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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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Behave like everything you do matters.
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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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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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Whenever one person stands up and says, “Wait a minute, this is wrong,” it helps other people do the same.
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Writing keeps me from believing everything I read.
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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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