[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.
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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The voting booth is the only place that a pauper equals a billionaire, and any woman equals any man.
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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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Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited.
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We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.
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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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Rich People plan for three generations Poor people plan for Saturday night
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Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect.
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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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The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.
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Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.
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The art of being helpful is behaving as if everything we do matters – because we never know which things might.
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Because when some people are invisible, everyone suffers.
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A good friendship is a conversation that never ends.
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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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The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen’s skin.
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