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 you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm...

If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm...

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...

Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy

Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy

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.

It's an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in...

It's an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in...

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...

Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either...

Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either...

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

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

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.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in...

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in...

We'll never solve the feminization of power until we solve the masculinity of wealth.

We'll never solve the feminization of power until we solve the masculinity of wealth.

The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is...

The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is...

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...

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,...

No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair...

No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair...

From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case...

From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case...

Most women are one man away from welfare.

Most women are one man away from welfare.

There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant...

There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant...

Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex.

Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex.