The purpose of feminism is to free the uniqueness of the individual and to understand that inside each of us is a unique human being who is a combination of heredity and environment.
GLORIA STEINEMWomen 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.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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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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But somewhere within each of us, buried at varying depths depending on the age and degree of neglect or abuse, shame or coercion we endured, there is a resistant, daydreaming, rebellious, creative, unique child — a true self who is waiting.
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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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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.
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So whatever you want to do, just do it… Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential.
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If you really want to be lonely, get married.
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If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.
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So why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one?
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One day an army of gray-haired women may quietly take over the Earth!
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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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I want to say to you that there is life and dreams and surprises after 30-and 40, and 50, and 60, and 77! Believe me, life is one long surprise.
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Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
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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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By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God.
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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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