[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 STEINEMEmpathy is the most radical of human emotions.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
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A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
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I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.
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Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited.
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Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.
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Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.
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A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
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If you really want to be lonely, get married.
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In every century, there are a handful of writers who help the human race to evolve. Andrea is one of them.
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One day an army of gray-haired women may quietly take over the Earth!
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Show me something that is not transformed by the other half of the human race.
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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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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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It’s not that women are less corruptible than men are, it’s that women have had less chance to become corrupt.
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Helping begins with listening.
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