Gloria Steinem quotes - page 5

The origins of violence against women by men are not biological. If that were the case, it would exist in every culture. And it doesn't exist in every culture. (Gloria Steinem)
There is a naive belief that injustice only had to be pointed out in order to be cured. View quote
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At my graduation, I thought we had to marry what we wished to become. Now you are becoming the men you once would have wished to marry. View quote
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Voting isn't the most we can do. But it is the least. View quote
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Every social justice movement that I know of has come out of people sitting in small groups, telling their life stories, and discovering that other people have shared similar experiences. View quote
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Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms. View quote
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The family is the basic cell of government it is where we are trained to believe that we are human beings or that we are chattel, it is where we are trained to see the sex and race divisions and become callous to injustice even if it is done to ourselves, to accept as biological a full system of authoritarian government. View quote
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I did not see any way that I could possibly give birth to someone else and also give birth to myself. Far from feeling guilty, it was the first time that I had taken responsibility for my own life. View quote
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Liberation does not come from outside. View quote
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For women... bras, panties, bathing suits, and other stereotypical gear are visual reminders of a commercial, idealized feminine image that our real and diverse female bodies can't possibly fit. Without these visual references, each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms. We stop being comparatives. We begin to be unique. View quote
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Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy. (Gloria Steinem)
For the reader who has put away comic books, but isn't yet ready for editorials in the Daily News. View quote
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I don't breed well in captivity. View quote
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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. View quote
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The most hurtful thing is not what comes from our adversaries, it's what comes from our friends. View quote
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What I've learned is that unless it's an emergency, like a fire or brain surgery, hierarchy is not necessary and may be damaging. If you have a hierarchy, you're repeating the strengths and weaknesses of one person without allowing for the accumulative strength of a group. View quote
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Obviously, there is much similarity among the challenges of transgender people and all women - from health care to harassment to discrimination in the workplace. View quote
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I always feel I have to apologize to my friends who are Republicans because they've basically lost their party. View quote
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It's about rejecting a god who looks like the ruling class. View quote
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I think most social justice movements take the words that are used against them and make them good words. View quote
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No previous Republicans except for George W. Bush would be acceptable to the people who now run the GOP. They are not Republicans. They are the American version of the Taliban. (Gloria Steinem)
We are talking about a society in which there will be no roles other than those chosen, or those earned. We are really talking about humanism. View quote
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In Nevada, there was a time when you couldn't get unemployment unless you tried sex work first. View quote
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Look, you didn't leave your party. The party left you. View quote
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Nobody tries to diminish the Civil Rights movement by saying they were middle class. View quote
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