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
strong children mean
We are still in various kinds of patriarchal systems. The very definition of patriarchy is that men control women as the means of reproduction, so the idea that a woman's main role is to have children often means society wants more workers, more soldiers. The idea that how many children we have should be controlled by the family, the church, the nation - by anyone but women themselves - is still very deep and very strong.
dream believe long
I want to say to you that there is life and dreams and surprises after 30-and 40, and 50, and 60, and 77! Believe me, life is one long surprise.
strong-women taken power
Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
equality men feminist
Most women are one man away from welfare.
pregnancy self defense
Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.
strong giving use
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.
funny marriage witty
I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.
values
We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.
equal-pay feminist reform
If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm a feminist, that's a transformation of society.
dream kindness ambition
What I think we need to do is infuse everyday and every action with the kind of values we hope will be in the future, with kindness, with nurturing, with dreams, ambition, using your talents, not resorting to violence, other forms of conflict resolution, with humor, with poetry, with music.
pimp survivor victim
We have to stop arresting prostitutes and not arresting traffickers and pimps. It's absurd. We're arresting the victim or the survivor and not the oppressor.
kings mean thinking
People say, 'Oh, you've sacrificed so much, now's the time to do something for yourself.' I mean, please - that is so wrong. I don't think I've sacrificed one f-king thing.
democracy income mob-rule
Democracy is mob rule with income taxes.
discrimination qualified
why is the word 'qualified' applied only to those who have to be more so?