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Gloria Steinem Quotes

Superwoman is the adversary of the women’s movement Picture Quote #1

This is the wisdom: If we bless our bodies, they will bless us Picture Quote #1

Whatever you want to do, do it now Picture Quote #1

Feminism is about friends and sisters and community Picture Quote #1

So why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one? Picture Quote #1

Logic has nothing to do with oppression Picture Quote #1

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Prejudice marks a mental landmine Picture Quote #1

I can’t mate in captivity Picture Quote #1

Writers - we’re a little crazy about how much we care about it. We spend a lot of time fussing. At least, I do Picture Quote #1

When the gender role starts to descend, boys get into the masculine box Picture Quote #1

Of course, we can change. We’re very adaptable. But it takes a while Picture Quote #1

Language can’t solve everything, of course, but it does carry our dreams and our ideas Picture Quote #1

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We’re communal animals. If we’re by ourselves, we can feel wrong and crazy and out of step with society. We really need those talking circles Picture Quote #1

We’ll only really know we’ve succeeded when a mediocre woman does as well as a mediocre man. You shouldn’t have to be extraordinary. That’s the point! Picture Quote #1

I haven’t been in a job situation in which I was competing with other women. As a writer, you’re more likely to be treated as an individual Picture Quote #1

I never expected to be even busier at 81, and doing more of what I love, than when I was 30 Picture Quote #1

It’s especially ridiculous to think you have to be successful when you’re so young. You should be able to adventure and not worry so much about achievement Picture Quote #1

You’re a unique person. You should do what you’re suited to do. We all should. It’s the only way to be happy. That pressure is all outside. It’s external Picture Quote #1

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It’s a big gift to be recognizable as part of something that matters to people, but that’s not the same as being responsible for something Picture Quote #1

It’s not that women are less corruptible than men are, it’s that women have had less chance to become corrupt Picture Quote #1

Women used to be elected only when their husbands died and they became widows. The men found this was too hard on them. That’s why they’ve become feminists Picture Quote #1

Rich People plan for three generations Poor people plan for Saturday night Picture Quote #1

I am terminally sentimental about graduations. They are more individual than weddings, more conscious than christenings, or bar mitzvahs or bat mitzvahs. They are almost as much a step into the unknown as funerals-though I assure you, there is life after graduation Picture Quote #1

Gratitude never radicalized anybody. I don’t care if they recognize the past, I just want them to get angry about the present and keep going Picture Quote #1

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I’m completely happy not having children. I mean, everybody does not have to live in the same way. And as somebody said, ‘Everybody with a womb doesn’t have to have a child any more than everybody with vocal cords has to be an opera singer Picture Quote #1

If you add up all the forms of genocide, from female infanticide and genital mutilation to so-called honor crimes, sex trafficking, and domestic abuse, everything, we lose about 6 million humans every year just because they were born female. That’s a holocaust every year Picture Quote #1

I want to say to you that there is life and dreams and surprises after 30-and 40, and 50, and 60, and 77! Believe me, life is one long surprise Picture Quote #1

People start to talk about post-racist, post-feminist. What does that mean? We’re clearly not post either. Would you say post-democracy? Clearly we haven’t reached true democracy yet Picture Quote #1

During years of working for a living, I have experienced much of the legal and social discrimination reserved for women in this country, I have been refused service in public restaurants, ordered out of public gathering places and turned away from apartment rentals. All for the clearly stated, sole reason that I am a woman Picture Quote #1

[On gender-rating by insurance companies:] They say the reason they get to charge more is we have children. I would say having children is a socially useful act. Being female is not a preexisting condition Picture Quote #1

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Superwoman is the adversary of the women’s movement (Gloria Steinem Quotes) This is the wisdom: If we bless our bodies, they will bless us (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Whatever you want to do, do it now (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Feminism is about friends and sisters and community (Gloria Steinem Quotes) So why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one? (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Logic has nothing to do with oppression (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Prejudice marks a mental landmine (Gloria Steinem Quotes) I can’t mate in captivity (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Writers - we’re a little crazy about how much we care about it. We spend a lot of time fussing. At least, I do (Gloria Steinem Quotes) When the gender role starts to descend, boys get into the masculine box (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Of course, we can change. We’re very adaptable. But it takes a while (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Language can’t solve everything, of course, but it does carry our dreams and our ideas (Gloria Steinem Quotes) We’re communal animals. If we’re by ourselves, we can feel wrong and crazy and out of step with society. We really need those talking circles (Gloria Steinem Quotes) We’ll only really know we’ve succeeded when a mediocre woman does as well as a mediocre man. You shouldn’t have to be extraordinary. That’s the point! (Gloria Steinem Quotes) I haven’t been in a job situation in which I was competing with other women. As a writer, you’re more likely to be treated as an individual (Gloria Steinem Quotes) I never expected to be even busier at 81, and doing more of what I love, than when I was 30 (Gloria Steinem Quotes) It’s especially ridiculous to think you have to be successful when you’re so young. You should be able to adventure and not worry so much about achievement (Gloria Steinem Quotes) You’re a unique person. You should do what you’re suited to do. We all should. It’s the only way to be happy. That pressure is all outside. It’s external (Gloria Steinem Quotes) It’s a big gift to be recognizable as part of something that matters to people, but that’s not the same as being responsible for something (Gloria Steinem Quotes) It’s not that women are less corruptible than men are, it’s that women have had less chance to become corrupt (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Women used to be elected only when their husbands died and they became widows. The men found this was too hard on them. That’s why they’ve become feminists (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Rich People plan for three generations Poor people plan for Saturday night (Gloria Steinem Quotes) I am terminally sentimental about graduations. They are more individual than weddings, more conscious than christenings, or bar mitzvahs or bat mitzvahs. They are almost as much a step into the unknown as funerals-though I assure you, there is life after graduation (Gloria Steinem Quotes) Gratitude never radicalized anybody. I don’t care if they recognize the past, I just want them to get angry about the present and keep going (Gloria Steinem Quotes) I’m completely happy not having children. I mean, everybody does not have to live in the same way. And as somebody said, ‘Everybody with a womb doesn’t have to have a child any more than everybody with vocal cords has to be an opera singer (Gloria Steinem Quotes) If you add up all the forms of genocide, from female infanticide and genital mutilation to so-called honor crimes, sex trafficking, and domestic abuse, everything, we lose about 6 million humans every year just because they were born female. That’s a holocaust every year (Gloria Steinem Quotes) I want to say to you that there is life and dreams and surprises after 30-and 40, and 50, and 60, and 77! Believe me, life is one long surprise (Gloria Steinem Quotes) People start to talk about post-racist, post-feminist. What does that mean? We’re clearly not post either. Would you say post-democracy? Clearly we haven’t reached true democracy yet (Gloria Steinem Quotes) During years of working for a living, I have experienced much of the legal and social discrimination reserved for women in this country, I have been refused service in public restaurants, ordered out of public gathering places and turned away from apartment rentals. All for the clearly stated, sole reason that I am a woman (Gloria Steinem Quotes) [On gender-rating by insurance companies:] They say the reason they get to charge more is we have children. I would say having children is a socially useful act. Being female is not a preexisting condition (Gloria Steinem Quotes)

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