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Gloria Steinem

Gloria Steinem

American feminist writer

Lived from: 1934 -

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 25 march 1934

  • 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.
  • If you ask men about their body image, they will tell you they look better than they do. And if you ask a woman, she'll tell you she looks worse.
  • If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm a feminist, that's a transformation of society.
  • I hope readers will consider, especially in this age of the World Wide Web, that as miraculous as it is, we still need to be in the same room with all five senses if we are to empathize with each other.
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  • Being misunderstood by people whose opinions you value is absolutely the most painful.
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  • Allowing women the power to decide when and whether to have children is the only way to solve the 7 billion human load on this planet that threatens to destroy it. Women's equality is also men's survival.
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  • I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.
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  • A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
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  • A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
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  • America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.
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  • Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That's their natural and first weapon.
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  • At my age, in this still hierarchical time, people often ask me if I’m passing the torch. I explain that I’m keeping my torch, thank you very much-and I’m using it to light the torches of others.
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  • But somewhere within each of us, buried at varying depths depending on the age and degree of neglect or abuse, shame or coercion we endured, there is a resistant, daydreaming, rebellious, creative, unique child -- a true self who is waiting.
    Revolution from Within (2012) 98
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  • By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God.
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  • Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.
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  • Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.
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  • Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms.
    Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions (1986)
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  • Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.
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  • Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.
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  • Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie.
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  • Feminism starts out being very simple, and it ends up being a world view that questions hierarchy altogether.
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  • For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of our inferiority. It lets us know that our own families may consider female bodies to be less deserving, less needy, less valuable.
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  • Go out and find your own stories.That is what I want to tell you.
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  • God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there's no turning back.
    Moving Beyond Words (1995) 270
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What are the most famous quotes from Gloria Steinem?

The two most famous quotes from Gloria Steinem are:

  • "Being misunderstood by people whose opinions you value is absolutely the most painful.
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  • "Allowing women the power to decide when and whether to have children is the only way to solve the 7 billion human load on this planet that threatens to destroy it. Women's equality is also men's survival."

When did Gloria Steinem live?

Gloria Steinem was born in 1934.