Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem
Gloria Marie Steinemis an American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist, who became nationally recognized as a leader and a spokeswoman for the feminist movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth25 March 1934
CountryUnited States of America
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You can compel fear. You can even make someone feel they're in love if they're isolated and dependent for long enough. But laughter is free.
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The mark, to me, of a constructive argument is one that looks at a specific problem and says, 'What shall we do about this?' And a nonconstructive one is one that tries to label people.
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Part of the reason that women go to college is to get out of the food service, clerical, pink-collar ghetto and into a more white-collar job. That does not necessarily mean they are being paid more than the blue-collar jobs men have.
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The danger of the Internet is cocooning with the like-minded online - of sending an email or Twitter and confusing that with action - while the real corporate and military and government centers of power go right on.
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If you are not a feminist in love, you fail to recognise someone who does not love you. Feminism makes love easier. Otherwise, there is the danger of feeling romantically drawn to someone who does not see you as an equal.
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In the suffragist and abolitionist era, there were a lot of white women and some black men and women who argued for the old hierarchy and against universal adult suffrage - often on religious grounds.
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Secretary of state is far superior to vice president, because it's involved in continuously solving problems and making policy and not being on standby.
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Girls actually need superheroes much more than boys.
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I think if women are visible in the media, truly visible, in an empowered role, it empowers us to be more visible in any area of our lives.
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The Native American cultures on this continent, most of them, were matrilineal, and some women were the chiefs. Societies were about balance.
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All those chemicals that create empathy only work when you are in a room together.
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Fashion in the past meant conforming and losing oneself. Fashion in the present means being individual and finding oneself.
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Society certainly encourages women to be victims in every way.
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It's heartbreaking to watch people working against themselves.