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Gloria Steinem Quotes - Page 10

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no one ever got radicalized by being grateful

no one ever got radicalized by being grateful

Grateful, Be Grateful

The human body is not obscene, sexuality is not obscene. But it [pornography] is not sex, it is violence. It encourages acceptance of the idea that violence is a legitimate part of sexuality.

Sex, Acceptance, Ideas

I definitely think men can be leaders. I see an analogy in the case of what helped me think about racism, which was to find parallels with sexism. In other words, I don't think I was such a great ally until I got mad on my own behalf.

Men, Thinking, Racism

Interview with Jennifer Bardi, thehumanist.com. August 14, 2012.

It's an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in exchange for something after death. Even corporations with their reward systems don't try to make it posthumous.

Atheist, Jobs, Believe

A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.

Reading, Feminist, Feminism

McCall's, Oct. 1970

Violence is not inevitable. I mean, the only inevitable form of violence is the kind that we understand, the only legitimate (if there can ever be legitimate violence) and that's self-defense.

Mean, Self, Defense

Source: www.pbs.org

Progress is not automatic, it depends on what we do every day. So any statement of ownership of our own bodies, however that occurs in our individual lives or our community or our collective lives, is crucial.

Community, Progress, Body

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Violence against women is clearly not solved, not at all solved, and the reasons for it, which are controlling women's bodies in order to control reproduction, are definitely not solved.

Order, Body, Violence

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Racism is not real, it's made up, it's cruel, it can be stopped.

Real, Racism, Made

Source: www.washingtontimes.com

We need to take violence against women seriously. It is the biggest indicator of whether a country is violent inside itself, and whether it will be militarily violent against another country.

Country, Needs, Violence

Source: www.elle.com

It's important that we recognize how extreme the Republicans are in almost every case and how against our self-interest it is to vote for them whether or not we are disappointed with the current crew. At least they believe in the Constitution. At least they have an idea of economic justice. The Republicans are devoted to creating more rich folks.

Believe, Self, Ideas

Interview with Max Miller, bigthink.com. October 28, 2010.

You're afraid to be close to women. Because it's not masculine to be close to women. The last time you were close to a woman, you were a child.

Children, Lasts, Masculine

Source: www.pbs.org

Show me something that is not transformed by the other half of the human race.

Race, Half, Show Me

Women are never again going to be mindless coffee-makers or mindless policy-makers in politics.

Coffee, Politician, Makers

... if young women have a problem, it's only that they think there's no problem.

Thinking, Youth, Problem

Gloria Steinem (2012). “Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions”, p.11, Open Road Media

The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary.

Resistance, Firsts, Social

Girls are taught to view their bodies as unending projects to work on, whereas boys from a young age, are taught to view their bodies as tools to master their environment

Girl, Boys, Views

I don't know if fury can compete with necessity as the mother of invention, but I recommend it.

Mother, Anger, Invention

Gloria Steinem (2012). “Moving Beyond Words: Essays on Age, Rage, Sex, Power, Money, Muscles: Breaking the Boundaries of Gender”, p.9, Open Road Media

Don't think about making women fit the world -- think about making the world fit women."

Thinking, World, Fit

"Time to Raise the Profile of Women and Minorities in Science" by Brian Welle, Megan Smith, www.scientificamerican.com. October 1, 2014.

When you say something in a wrong group - it will never be right, so you can not say anything wrong, when you don't belong to a group.

Say Anything, Groups, Can Not

I always thought that "humanist" was a good word long before I understood that anyone thought it was a bad word.

Long, Humanist, Bad Word

"The Humanist Interview with Gloria Steinem" by Jennifer Bardi, thehumanist.com. August 14, 2012.

I just think that culturally, women - we're all human beings - but at least we don't have our masculinity to prove.

Thinking, Masculinity, Prove

There's really a shortage of good freelance writers. ... There are a lot of talented people who are very erratic, so either they don't turn it in or they turn it in and it's rotten; it's amazing. Somebody who's even maybe not all that terrific but who is dependable, who will turn in a publishable piece more or less on time, can really do very well.

People, Pieces, Erratic

The first problem for all of us, men and woman, is not to learn, but to unlearn. We are filled with the popular wisdom of several centuries just past, and we are terrified to give it up. Patriotism means obedience, age means wisdom, woman means submission, black means inferior: these are preconceptions imbedded so deeply in our thinking that we honestly may not know that they are there.

Change, Learning, Mean

you never know which thing you do is going to turn out to be important. I'm sure we've all done very small things that had very great impact and very big things that didn't make any difference. So, create the means that best reflect the ends we want. Try to make each moment authentic, and you'll get to an authentic end.

Mean, Impact, Differences

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