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 STEINEMBut 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.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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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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Inner space is the real frontier.
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What would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?
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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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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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In order to make a choice, you need the power to see there is one.
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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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Women are not going to be equal outside the home until men are equal in it.
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when pain has been intertwined with love and closeness, it’s very difficult to believe that love and closeness can be experienced without pain.
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The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us
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Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.
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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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If what’s inside your dreams wasn’t already real inside you, you couldn’t even dream it.
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A lot of my generation are living out the un-lived lives of our mothers.
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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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