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 STEINEMThe 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
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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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.
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Rich People plan for three generations Poor people plan for Saturday night
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Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited.
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Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father.
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If you really want to be lonely, get married.
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A lot of my generation are living out the un-lived lives of our mothers.
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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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Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
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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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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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Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age.
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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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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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Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.
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Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren’t, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.
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