Pornography is the instruction. Rape is the practice, battered women are the practice, and battered children are the practice.

Quote by Gloria Steinem

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Democracy is Mob Rule with Income Taxes

Democracy is Mob Rule with Income Taxes

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...

Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy

Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy

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.

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...

Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that...

Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less...

Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less...

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...

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...

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...

We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there...

We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there...

Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.

Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.

America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.

America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.

Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we...

Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we...