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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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...

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...

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...

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

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

I'd like to be played as a child by Natalie Wood. I'd have some romantic...

I'd like to be played as a child by Natalie Wood. I'd have some romantic...

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...

I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect...

I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect...

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.

Logic is in the eye of the logician.

Logic is in the eye of the logician.

Logic is in the eye of the logician.

Logic is in the eye of the logician.

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,...

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

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

Law and justice are not always the same.

Law and justice are not always the same.

Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it

Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it

The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin.

The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin.

It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate.

It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate.

Marriage works best for men than women. The two happiest groups are married men and...

Marriage works best for men than women. The two happiest groups are married men and...

I put my hand on the dark skin and felt the chill of centuries long...

I put my hand on the dark skin and felt the chill of centuries long...

Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it...

Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it...

I dont fear death, but I sure dont like those three-footers for par.

I dont fear death, but I sure dont like those three-footers for par.

Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.

Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.