Having one's traditional role questioned is not a very comfortable experience, perhaps especially for women, who have been able to remain children, and to benefit from work they did not and could not do. Gloria Steinem benefitchildcomfortable share on social
Children are short people. Some you like, some you don't. Gloria Steinem childpeopleshort Change image and share on social
I started out life as a writer, and writers write in part because they don't want to talk. Gloria Steinem lifepartstart Change image and share on social
The Native American cultures on this continent, most of them, were matrilineal, and some women were the chiefs. Societies were about balance. Gloria Steinem americanbalancechief Change image and share on social
The error that we tend to make is that we think that women's magazines are what editors want and what their readers want - and thus are social indicators - when, in fact, they are what advertisers want. They're just advertising indicators. Gloria Steinem advertiseadvertisereditor share on social
When I'm talking to groups that are all men, we talk about how the masculine role limits them. They often want to talk about how they missed having real fathers, real loving, present fathers, because of the way that they tried to fit the picture of masculinity. Gloria Steinem fatherfitgroup share on social
Rich cultures, patriarchal cultures, value thin women, like ours; poor ones value fat women. But all patriarchal cultures value weak women. So for women to become physically strong is very profound. Gloria Steinem culturefatpatriarchal Change image and share on social
Being misunderstood by people whose opinions you value is absolutely the most painful. Gloria Steinem absolutelymisunderstandopinion Change image and share on social
I'm lucky I don't make my living in front of the camera. Gloria Steinem camerafrontlive Change image and share on social
The same way that racism is a white person's problem, violence against women is a men's problem. Gloria Steinem manpersonproblem Change image and share on social
