Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.
GLORIA STEINEMIntelligence without character is a dangerous thing.
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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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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Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited.
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The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.
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If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.
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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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Show me something that is not transformed by the other half of the human race.
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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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Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It’s about making life more fair for women everywhere. It’s not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It’s about baking a new pie.
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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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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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We choose to be writers because we don’t want to talk.
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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 what’s inside your dreams wasn’t already real inside you, you couldn’t even dream it.
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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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