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.
GLORIA STEINEMEach others’ lives are our best textbooks.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
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Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.
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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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learning must travel the distance from head to heart.
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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.
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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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Women must have seats at the table because peace is too crucial to be left only to the politicians or only to the male half of our world.
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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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By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God.
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Women tend to be conservative in youth and get more radical as they get older because they lose power with age. So, if a young woman is not a feminist, I say, just wait.
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Because when some people are invisible, everyone suffers.
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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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A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
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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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If what’s inside your dreams wasn’t already real inside you, you couldn’t even dream it.
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