A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
GLORIA STEINEMA feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
GLORIA STEINEMA lot of my generation are living out the un-lived lives of our mothers.
GLORIA STEINEMNo 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.
GLORIA STEINEMI don’t like writing. I like having written.
GLORIA STEINEMEmpathy is the most radical of human emotions.
GLORIA STEINEMWomen may be the one group that grows more radical with age.
GLORIA STEINEMBeing married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited.
GLORIA STEINEMDreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
GLORIA STEINEMAt my graduation, I thought we had to marry what we wished to become. Now you are becoming the men you once would have wished to marry.
GLORIA STEINEMThe 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.
GLORIA STEINEMWhat would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?
GLORIA STEINEMHelping begins with listening.
GLORIA STEINEMWhenever one person stands up and says, “Wait a minute, this is wrong,” it helps other people do the same.
GLORIA STEINEMimagining anything is the first step toward creating it. Believing in a true self is what allows a true self to be born.
GLORIA STEINEMBehave like everything you do matters.
GLORIA STEINEMWomen 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.
GLORIA STEINEM