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.
strong-women taken power
Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
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.
democracy income mob-rule
Democracy is mob rule with income taxes.
strong-women mean thinking
It doesn't matter what word we use, if it has the same content, it will be treated in the same way. There are other words - there's "womanist," there's "mujerista," there's "women's liberationist" - all mean the same thing and they get the same ridicule. I think we just need to choose what word we feel comfortable with that says women are full human beings, and whatever that word is, it will get a lot of opposition. But it will also attract a lot of support. But this is a revolution, not a public relations movement.
masculine-and-feminine circles ideas
The original languages didn't even have he and she. They didn't have concepts of masculine and feminine. People were people. And the whole idea was that we were in a circle together, not in a hierarchy together.
bosnia far-away victim
Why are women raped far away (say, Bosnia) called victims, while those raped nearby (say, a local campus) are playing victim politics?
social-values racism reconstruction
Work is valued by the social value of the worker.
anorexia mind toledo
In my own mind, I am still a fat brunette from Toledo, and I always will be.
domestic-violence alive might
If [George] Zimmerman had been arrested for domestic violence, Trayvon Martin might still be alive.
time
If I read the word 'problematize' one more time, I'm going to vomit.
communal people
Because we are communal creatures, if you're with people who think you're smart, you're smart, and if they think you're dumb, you're dumb.