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
country damages finally incomplete stories voices women
I'm so happy that we're finally hearing the stories and voices of women who make America. We do what we see, not what we're told, so an incomplete story of this country damages everyone.
america merely miss women
The Miss America Pageant reinforces a belief that women are merely how they look and how they please.
ask looks men
If you ask men about their body image, they will tell you they look better than they do. And if you ask a woman, she'll tell you she looks worse.
Perfectionism attaches to what is valued in the culture.
age feminine freedom subject
Age brings a freedom. When you're young, you're much more subject to the idea of what feminine is or how you should look or how you should behave.
fought issue policies women
Women are more than smart enough to see that McCain's policies are a disaster... He is anti- every reproductive issue we've ever fought for.
change starts system
The electoral system is not where change starts - it usually starts in communities and from the bottom up - but it is where change can be stopped.
movements
Movements are like rivers. Dipping into them is never the same twice.
believe either
Actually, I believe there are more independents than either Republicans or Democrats, and yet those are the... that is the choice we have on the party ballot.
appeal time women
Republicans may learn they can't appeal to right-wing patriarchs and most women at the same time.
believe root sexual system
To say 'radical feminist' is only a way of indicating that I believe the sexual caste system is a root of race and class and other divisions.
absolutely people whose
Being misunderstood by people whose opinions you value is absolutely the most painful.
anger opposite turned
Anger is energising. The opposite of anger is depression, which is anger turned inward.
The most hurtful thing is not what comes from our adversaries, it's what comes from our friends.