Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.
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.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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One day an army of gray-haired women may quietly take over the Earth!
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Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That’s their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood.
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Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
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I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.
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Rich People plan for three generations Poor people plan for Saturday night
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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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Housewives are dependent creatures who are still children…parasites.
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Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.
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A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
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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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The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen’s skin.
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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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Whatever you want to do,do it now.
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We’ve begun to raise daughters more like sons… but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.
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Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect.
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