In order to make a choice, you need the power to see there is one.
GLORIA STEINEMThere is a naive belief that injustice only had to be pointed out in order to be cured.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving.
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So why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one?
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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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If you can learn to like how you look, and not the way you think you look, it can set you free.
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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 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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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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Each others’ lives are our best textbooks.
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Marriage works best for men than women. The two happiest groups are married men and unmarried women.
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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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If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.
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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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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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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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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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