Battered women is a phrase that uncovered major, long-hidden violence. It helps us to face the fact that, statistically speaking, the most dangerous place for a woman is in her own home, not in the streets.
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.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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A lot of my generation are living out the un-lived lives of our mothers.
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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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Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited.
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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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Housewives are dependent creatures who are still children…parasites.
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I want us to organize, to tell the personal stories that create empathy, which is the most revolutionary emotion.
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Writing keeps me from believing everything I read.
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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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I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.
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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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If the shoe doesn’t fit, must we change the foot?
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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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Because when some people are invisible, everyone suffers.
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A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
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The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us
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