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
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When I had a fellowship at the Smithsonian, I asked for a couch in the office because I liked to lie down and take a break.
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I remember someone once asked Jack Kennedy why he was paying such close attention to the renovation of the square across from the White House, and he said, 'It may be the only thing my presidency is remembered for.'
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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.
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Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the commonsensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true and incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage.
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Someone once asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the common-sensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true but incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage.
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It's important not to stigmatize the word Republican, because the great tragedy is an extremist group has taken over one of our great parties.
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Do women compete for the favours of men? Yes. They've spent 5,000 years competing.
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Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power
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One thing is sure. Women and girls will have their first vision of a female network anchor who is an authority on her own. Since we learn by example, there's no telling where that iconic image may lead.
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That is almost impossible to do -- to prove that a pregnancy would literally cause you to lose your life.
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In a general way, anything that affects men is taken more seriously than anything that affects only women.
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I started out life as a writer, and writers write in part because they don't want to talk.
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Female inferiority is internalised by us. Women need a lot more confidence.
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As for the American child's classic problem - too much mother, too little father - that would be cured by an equalization of parental responsibility.