For women... bras, panties, bathing suits, and other stereotypical gear are visual reminders of a commercial, idealized feminine image that our real and diverse female bodies can't possibly fit. Without these visual references, each individual woman's body demands to be…

Quote by Gloria Steinem

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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...

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

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

Logic is in the eye of the logician.

Logic is in the eye of the logician.

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.

There are really not many jobs that actually require a penis or a vagina, and...

There are really not many jobs that actually require a penis or a vagina, and...

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...

Women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage.

Women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage.

I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage...

I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage...

Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father.

Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father.

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.

In my own mind, I am still a fat brunette from Toledo, and I always...

In my own mind, I am still a fat brunette from Toledo, and I always...

Logic is in the eye of the logician.

Logic is in the eye of the logician.

We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.

We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.

For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of...

For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.

A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.

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...