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.
GLORIA STEINEMwhen pain has been intertwined with love and closeness, it’s very difficult to believe that love and closeness can be experienced without pain.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.
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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.
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Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.
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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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Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren’t, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.
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Show me something that is not transformed by the other half of the human race.
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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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The voting booth is the only place that a pauper equals a billionaire, and any woman equals any man.
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If the shoe doesn’t fit, must we change the foot?
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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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imagining anything is the first step toward creating it. Believing in a true self is what allows a true self to be born.
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A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
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Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
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Whatever you want to do,do it now.
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Women have two choices: Either she’s a feminist or a masochist.
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