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Gloria Steinem Quotes

From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case in which it may be justified Picture Quote #1

If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of our menstrual cycle when the female hormone is at its lowest level, then why isn't it logical to say that, in those few days, women behave the most like the way men behave all month long? Picture Quote #1

In my own mind, I am still a fat brunette from Toledo, and I always will be Picture Quote #1

Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it Picture Quote #1

Planning ahead is a measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan for future generations, but the poor can plan ahead only a few weeks or days Picture Quote #1

We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach Picture Quote #1

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Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else Picture Quote #1

I have met brave women who are exploring the outer edge of human possibility, with no history to guide them, and the courage to make themselves vulnerable that I find moving beyond words Picture Quote #1

Someone once asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the common-sensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true but incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage Picture Quote #1

Women fear endangering men's approval so much, we don't even wait for them to say no. Or else we protect them, even if it means saying no to ourselves Picture Quote #1

We need to unlearn some of our respect for education, since it has undermined our respect for ourselves Picture Quote #1

Battered 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 Picture Quote #1

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My father was the Jewish half of the family, yet it was my mother who taught me to have pride in that tradition Picture Quote #1

As wise women and men in every culture tell us: The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us Picture Quote #1

Romance is a means to the end of self-completion, but love is an end in itself Picture Quote #1

I once fell in love with a man only because we both belonged to that large and secret club of children who had crazy mothers. We traded stories of the shameless houses to which we could never invite our friends Picture Quote #1

The nineteenth-century wave of feminism was started by older women who had been through the radicalizing experience of getting married and becoming the legal chattel of their husbands (or the equally radicalizing experience of not getting married and being treated as spinsters) Picture Quote #1

Men were valued by what they did, women by how they looked and then by what their husbands did, and all of life was arranged (or so we thought) from the outside in Picture Quote #1

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Women can be vivacious. We are allowed more varieties of facial expression and gestures. Men must be rocklike Picture Quote #1

It still may take some explaining, but many more women are keeping their birth names (and not calling them maiden names, with all the sexual double standard that implies) Picture Quote #1

The father who raises a son to have a profession he once dreamed of, and the mother who uses her daughter as the adult companion her husband is not; the parents who urge their children into accomplishments as status symbols - all these and many more are ways of subordinating a child's authentic self to a parent's needs Picture Quote #1

Now, we've made the revolutionary discovery that children have two parents. A decade ago even the kindly Dr. Spock held mothers solely responsible for children Picture Quote #1

Though both erotica and pornography refer to verbal or pictorial representations of sexual behavior, they are as different as a room with doors open and one with doors locked. The first might be a home, but the second could only be a prison Picture Quote #1

Paradoxically, only journeying backward in time and reentering the home we once knew allows us to go forward to the home we've always wanted Picture Quote #1

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Perhaps well-to-do women and unemployed ghetto teenagers have something in common. Neither group has been allowed to develop the self-confidence that comes from knowing you can support yourselves Picture Quote #1

Our children are the only people on whom we can safely take revenge for what was done to us Picture Quote #1

Unless we see a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal fulfillment, we will continue to be vulnerable to someone else's idea of what need is, and whose need counts the most Picture Quote #1

I'm still the same person who grew up mostly in a Midwestern, factory-working neighborhood where talk about self-esteem would have seemed like a luxury Picture Quote #1

Obviously, untangling sex from aggression and violence or the threat of it is going to take a very long time. And the process is going to be greatly resisted as a challenge to the very heart of male dominance and male centrality Picture Quote #1

The uncomfortable truth seems to be that the amount of talk by women has been measured less against the amount of men's talk than against the expectation of female silence Picture Quote #1

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From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case in which it may be justified (Gloria Steinem Quotes) If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of our menstrual cycle when the female hormone is at its lowest level, then why isn't it logical to say that, in those few days, women behave the most like the way men behave all month long? (Gloria Steinem Quotes) In my own mind, I am still a fat brunette from Toledo, and I always will be (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Planning ahead is a measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan for future generations, but the poor can plan ahead only a few weeks or days (Gloria Steinem Quotes) We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else (Gloria Steinem Quotes) I have met brave women who are exploring the outer edge of human possibility, with no history to guide them, and the courage to make themselves vulnerable that I find moving beyond words (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Someone once asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the common-sensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true but incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Women fear endangering men's approval so much, we don't even wait for them to say no. Or else we protect them, even if it means saying no to ourselves (Gloria Steinem Quotes) We need to unlearn some of our respect for education, since it has undermined our respect for ourselves (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Battered 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 (Gloria Steinem Quotes) My father was the Jewish half of the family, yet it was my mother who taught me to have pride in that tradition (Gloria Steinem Quotes) As wise women and men in every culture tell us: The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Romance is a means to the end of self-completion, but love is an end in itself (Gloria Steinem Quotes) I once fell in love with a man only because we both belonged to that large and secret club of children who had crazy mothers. We traded stories of the shameless houses to which we could never invite our friends (Gloria Steinem Quotes) The nineteenth-century wave of feminism was started by older women who had been through the radicalizing experience of getting married and becoming the legal chattel of their husbands (or the equally radicalizing experience of not getting married and being treated as spinsters) (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Men were valued by what they did, women by how they looked and then by what their husbands did, and all of life was arranged (or so we thought) from the outside in (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Women can be vivacious. We are allowed more varieties of facial expression and gestures. Men must be rocklike (Gloria Steinem Quotes) It still may take some explaining, but many more women are keeping their birth names (and not calling them maiden names, with all the sexual double standard that implies) (Gloria Steinem Quotes) The father who raises a son to have a profession he once dreamed of, and the mother who uses her daughter as the adult companion her husband is not; the parents who urge their children into accomplishments as status symbols - all these and many more are ways of subordinating a child's authentic self to a parent's needs (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Now, we've made the revolutionary discovery that children have two parents. A decade ago even the kindly Dr. Spock held mothers solely responsible for children (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Though both erotica and pornography refer to verbal or pictorial representations of sexual behavior, they are as different as a room with doors open and one with doors locked. The first might be a home, but the second could only be a prison (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Paradoxically, only journeying backward in time and reentering the home we once knew allows us to go forward to the home we've always wanted (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Perhaps well-to-do women and unemployed ghetto teenagers have something in common. Neither group has been allowed to develop the self-confidence that comes from knowing you can support yourselves (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Our children are the only people on whom we can safely take revenge for what was done to us (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Unless we see a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal fulfillment, we will continue to be vulnerable to someone else's idea of what need is, and whose need counts the most (Gloria Steinem Quotes) I'm still the same person who grew up mostly in a Midwestern, factory-working neighborhood where talk about self-esteem would have seemed like a luxury (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Obviously, untangling sex from aggression and violence or the threat of it is going to take a very long time. And the process is going to be greatly resisted as a challenge to the very heart of male dominance and male centrality (Gloria Steinem Quotes) The uncomfortable truth seems to be that the amount of talk by women has been measured less against the amount of men's talk than against the expectation of female silence (Gloria Steinem Quotes)

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