It’s not that women are less corruptible than men are, it’s that women have had less chance to become corrupt.
GLORIA STEINEMSo why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one?
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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The origins of violence against women by men are not biological. If that were the case, it would exist in every culture. And it doesn’t exist in every culture.
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A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
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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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Writing keeps me from believing everything I read.
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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.
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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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In order to make a choice, you need the power to see there is one.
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You are the leader you’ve been waiting for.
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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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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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Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.
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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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If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.
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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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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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