Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect.
GLORIA STEINEMWhat would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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Women 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.
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I believe that transgender people, including those who have transitioned, are living out real, authentic lives. Those lives should be celebrated, not questioned. Their health care decisions should be theirs and theirs alone to make.
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Writing keeps me from believing everything I read.
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Hope is a very unruly emotion.
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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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Life after 50 or 60 is itself another country, as different as adolescence is from childhood, or as adulthood is from adolescence – and just as adventurous.
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Housewives are dependent creatures who are still children…parasites.
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A good friendship is a conversation that never ends.
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Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.
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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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Whenever one person stands up and says, “Wait a minute, this is wrong,” it helps other people do the same.
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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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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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Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That’s their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood.
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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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