A movement is only composed of people moving. To feel its warmth and motion around us is the end as well as the means.
GLORIA STEINEMThe first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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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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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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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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If what’s inside your dreams wasn’t already real inside you, you couldn’t even dream it.
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Women have two choices: Either she’s a feminist or a masochist.
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Each others’ lives are our best textbooks.
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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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imagining anything is the first step toward creating it. Believing in a true self is what allows a true self to be born.
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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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Housewives are dependent creatures who are still children…parasites.
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The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving.
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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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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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There 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.
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Intelligence without character is a dangerous thing.
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