At my graduation, I thought we had to marry what we wished to become. Now you are becoming the men you once would have wished to marry.
GLORIA STEINEMlearning must travel the distance from head to heart.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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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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The art of being helpful is behaving as if everything we do matters – because we never know which things might.
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[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.
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Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age.
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If you really want to be lonely, get married.
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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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Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.
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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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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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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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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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A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
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Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
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Women can be vivacious. We are allowed more varieties of facial expression and gestures. Men must be rocklike.
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So why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one?
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