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
ideas worry-less trying
Worry less about solutions from the top or the idea that there is a solution, but try to do whatever you can and instill in each action the values that you want to result.
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If you love your work, I'm not sure you have hobbies. I try to say no to things that other people could do and only say yes to things that only I could do.
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Reporters immediately push their interviewees into the most extreme version by saying in a shocked tone, 'Well, are you saying that ..." They're trying to make people be as hostile and opposed to each other as possible because they think only conflict is news.
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God knows (She knows) that women try.
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Patriarchy 101 would have you believe otherwise, but you know - that's just not true. Those inequalities are recipes for resentment. And, yes, the formula isn't perfect yet. We don't all have that. But we're trying.
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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.
women
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.