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.
GLORIA STEINEMBattered 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.
GLORIA STEINEMIf men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.
GLORIA STEINEMWe need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.
GLORIA STEINEMNo 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.
GLORIA STEINEMLaw and justice are not always the same. When they aren’t, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.
GLORIA STEINEMIf the shoe doesn’t fit, must we change the foot?
GLORIA STEINEMWomen may be the one group that grows more radical with age.
GLORIA STEINEMThere are two types of people in the world, those who say ‘there are two types of people in the world’ and those who don’t.
GLORIA STEINEMBy the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God.
GLORIA STEINEM[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 STEINEMThe future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving.
GLORIA STEINEMIn every century, there are a handful of writers who help the human race to evolve. Andrea is one of them.
GLORIA STEINEMBehave like everything you do matters.
GLORIA STEINEMSo whatever you want to do, just do it… Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential.
GLORIA STEINEMThe voting booth is the only place that a pauper equals a billionaire, and any woman equals any man.
GLORIA STEINEMEach others’ lives are our best textbooks.
GLORIA STEINEM