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
classic cured parental problem
As for the American child's classic problem - too much mother, too little father - that would be cured by an equalization of parental responsibility.
effectiveness voting problem
One of our biggest problems in terms of effectiveness is that we have hopes, but our opposition has interests. We measure everything against our hopes, including politicians that we are voting for or choosing amongst. We don't measure up to our hopes ourselves.
men quality problem
One of the main problems of our time is that men are deprived of their human qualities that are wrongly called feminine, and women are deprived of their human qualities that are wrongly called masculine.
problem crime victim
Crime is not the problem of the victim, the victim didn't create the crime.
thinking youth problem
... if young women have a problem, it's only that they think there's no problem.
men thinking problem
The young women seem to think that they can only go out with or marry a man who is superior to them. The problem there is that they are wanting to be defeated, as opposed to finding a partner.
past answers problem
Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.
compete favours men spent women
Do women compete for the favours of men? Yes. They've spent 5,000 years competing.
acting art behaving morally
The art of acting morally is behaving as if everything we do matters.
anchor authority female girls iconic image learn network since telling vision women
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.
men path power twice
Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power
affects general men taken women
In a general way, anything that affects men is taken more seriously than anything that affects only women.
life writers
I started out life as a writer, and writers write in part because they don't want to talk.
women
Female inferiority is internalised by us. Women need a lot more confidence.