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
men expression vivacious
Women can be vivacious. We are allowed more varieties of facial expression and gestures. Men must be rocklike.
jobs unemployment may
Anyone who has ever experienced dehumanized life on welfare or any other confidence-shaking dependency knows that a paid job may be preferable to the dole, even when the handout is coming from a family member.
children ideas symbolism
Many ideas have been transformed by adding one crucial adjective-women's bank, women's music, women's studies, women's caucus. That adjective did more than change a phrase. It implied a lot of new content: child care, flexible work hours, new standards of creditworthiness, new symbolism, new lyrics.
book men law
Society definitely encourages and condones men's violence toward women. Not as much as it used to be when it was less visible, and there were still laws on the books that made it alright for men to beat their wives, as long as it was within certain limits, and women were chattel.
work home men
Before feminism, work was largely defined as what men did or would do. Thus, a working woman was someone who labored outside the home for money, masculine-style.
dominance pornography
Pornography is about dominance. Erotica is about mutuality.
sex race differences
Sex and race, because they are easy and visible differences, have been the primary ways of organizing human beings into superior and inferior groups and into the cheap labour on which this system still depends.
stories want
Go out and find your own stories.That is what I want to tell you.
sex captivity mates
I can't mate in captivity.
taken responsibility giving
I did not see any way that I could possibly give birth to someone else and also give birth to myself. Far from feeling guilty, it was the first time that I had taken responsibility for my own life.
teaching men males
If you're going to have a male dominant system, to maintain the system, you have to teach men to dominate.
memories wall answers
The moment we find the reason behind an emotion … the wall is breached, and the positive memories it has kept from us return too. That's why it pays to ask those painful questions. The answers can set you free.
busier expected
I never expected to be even busier at 81, and doing more of what I love, than when I was 30.
art expression everyday-objects
Most art in the world does not have a capital 'A,' but is a way of turning everyday objects into personal expressions.