I think that we need to change the culture, not blame the people that are playing the only game that exists.
GLORIA STEINEMBecause when some people are invisible, everyone suffers.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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But somewhere within each of us, buried at varying depths depending on the age and degree of neglect or abuse, shame or coercion we endured, there is a resistant, daydreaming, rebellious, creative, unique child — a true self who is waiting.
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Women have two choices: Either she’s a feminist or a masochist.
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Women are not going to be equal outside the home until men are equal in it.
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Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited.
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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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What would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?
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Writing keeps me from believing everything I read.
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A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
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Show me something that is not transformed by the other half of the human race.
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If you really want to be lonely, get married.
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[on sexual politics] The Golden Rule works for men as written, but for women it should go the other way around. We need to do unto ourselves as we do unto others.
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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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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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So why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one?
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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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