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
sleep thinking clothes
... if you're a woman, all they can think about your relationship with a politician is that you're either sleeping with him or advising him about clothes.
fear epidemics self
... we've allowed a youth-centered culture to leave us so estranged from our future selves that, when asked about the years beyondfifty, sixty, or seventy--all part of the average human life span providing we can escape hunger, violence, and other epidemics--many people can see only a blank screen, or one on which they project fear of disease and democracy.
thinking youth problem
... if young women have a problem, it's only that they think there's no problem.
wall shopping style
It was the first female-style revolution: no violence and we all went shopping.
husband confused choices
Feminism is not antisexuality. On the contrary. It says that sexuality shouldn't be confused with violence and dominance and that it should be a matter of free choice. It shouldn't be forced on you by economics, including dependence on a husband, or by pressure.
sacred made
Religion is often politics made sacred.
passion crime possession
There is no such thing as a crime of passion, only a crime of possession.
waxing reason notorious
Writers are notorious for using any reason to keep from working: over-researching, retyping, going to meetings, waxing the floors - anything.
jobs children men
If men started taking care of children, the job will become more valuable.
country power men
Power in this country is often like hemophilia; it passes through women and then men get it.
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?
party people vote
Frequently people just vote for the party out of power because they're disappointed or angry at what is happening at the moment.
believe self creating
imagining anything is the first step toward creating it. Believing in a true self is what allows a true self to be born.
mistake stories dogma
The dogma is that that dogma is a mistake.