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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Women, we tend to become whole people by venturing outside of the home, learning to aspire, to achieve, to deal with conflict - all these qualities that are wrongly called masculine.
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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.
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Men tend to gain wholeness by acquiring the qualities that are wrongly called feminine.
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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.
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Anything can be used for or against the welfare of women - or the welfare of anyone - depending on who controls it.
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A majority of Americans want redemption for racism - for our terrible, destructive racist past - and so see a vote for Obama as redemptive.