Unless we include a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal fulfillment, women will continue to be vulnerable to someone else's idea of what need is. Gloria Steinem autonomycitizencontinue Change image and share on social
Women tend to need the healthcare system more because we bear children. Insurance companies - not all of them, but many of them - 'gender-rate.' Women may pay 40% more for their health insurance than men do. Gloria Steinem bearchildcompany share on social
Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. Gloria Steinem dreamexcitementform Change image and share on social
I'm not saying that women leaders would eliminate violence. We are not more moral than men; we are only uncorrupted by power so far. When we do acquire power, we might turn out to have an equal impulse toward aggression. Gloria Steinem acquireaggressioneliminate share on social
I'd like to be played as a child by Natalie Wood. I'd have some romantic scenes as Audrey Hepburn and have gritty black-and-white scenes as Patricia Neal. Gloria Steinem audreyblackchild Change image and share on social
As long as working women also have to do the work of child and family care at home, they will have two jobs instead of one. Perhaps more important, children will grow up thinking that only women can be loving and nurturing, and men cannot. Gloria Steinem carechildfamily share on social
Monotheism makes me grouchy. I don't trust any religion that makes God look like one of the ruling class. I guess I'm a pagan or an animist. Gloria Steinem animistclassgod Change image and share on social
There's nothing automatic about political change, about liberation. Gloria Steinem automaticchangeliberation Change image and share on social
A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after. Gloria Steinem jobliberatemarriage Change image and share on social
I was never against marriage per se. Before feminism, I didn't think you had any choice. In fact, for a long time I always assumed I would get married. I just didn't see any marriages I wanted to emulate, so I kept putting it off. Gloria Steinem assumechoiceemulate share on social
