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.

Quote by Gloria Steinem

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If women have young children, they are one man away from welfare.

If women have young children, they are one man away from welfare.

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

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

Democracy is Mob Rule with Income Taxes

Democracy is Mob Rule with Income Taxes

The only thing I can't stand is discomfort.

The only thing I can't stand is discomfort.

If the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?

If the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?

The family is the basic cell of government: it is where we are trained to...

The family is the basic cell of government: it is where we are trained to...

Work is valued by the social value of the worker.

Work is valued by the social value of the worker.

For the reader who has put away comic books, but isn't yet ready for editorials...

For the reader who has put away comic books, but isn't yet ready for editorials...

Like art, revolutions come from combining what exists into what has never existed before.

Like art, revolutions come from combining what exists into what has never existed before.

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

Planning ahead is a measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan...

Planning ahead is a measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan...

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

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

I will no longer be referred to as Miss Steinem of Ms. magazine.

I will no longer be referred to as Miss Steinem of Ms. magazine.

Law and justice are not always the same.

Law and justice are not always the same.

Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power.

Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power.

If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of...

If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of...

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all,...

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all,...

Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should...

Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a...

When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a...