If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.
GLORIA STEINEMThere are two types of people in the world, those who say ‘there are two types of people in the world’ and those who don’t.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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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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Rich People plan for three generations Poor people plan for Saturday night
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So why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one?
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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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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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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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What I think we need to do is infuse everyday and every action with the kind of values we hope will be in the future, with kindness, with nurturing, with dreams, ambition, using your talents, not resorting to violence, other forms of conflict resolution, with humor, with poetry, with music.
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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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Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age.
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A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
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Life after 50 or 60 is itself another country, as different as adolescence is from childhood, or as adulthood is from adolescence – and just as adventurous.
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Intelligence without character is a dangerous thing.
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Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.
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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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The 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
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