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Quotes from Gloria Steinem

Women are always saying,"We can do anything that men cando." But Men should be saying,"We can do anything that women can do.
- Gloria Steinem
Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less difficult to get along with than other women when the double chins start to form.
- Gloria Steinem
Knowing About Victoria Woodhull inspires women to be daring, outrageous and creative.
- Gloria Steinem
The best way for us to cultivate fearlessness in our daughters and other young women is by example.
- Gloria Steinem
We are the women our parents warned us against, and we are proud.
- Gloria Steinem
Only when women rebel against patriarchal standards does female muscle become more accepted.
- Gloria Steinem
It still may take some explaining, but many more women are keeping their birth names (and not calling them maiden names, with all the sexual double standards that implies).
- Gloria Steinem
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
Where men come to and women come together most intimately in sexuality in the home has become suffused with violence.
- Gloria Steinem
They would say well there's always been wars, men have always beaten women. But it isn't true in all cultures. It doesn't have to be true. And the first step is imaging.
- Gloria Steinem
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 . . . She will need her sisterhood.
- Gloria Steinem
Homemakers work longer and harder than any other class of worker in the United States for less pay, and are the most likely to be replaced by a younger worker.
- Gloria Steinem