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

Quote by Gloria Steinem

Topics: Women Quotes

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 first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but...

The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

Unless we include a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal...

Unless we include a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal...

A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after.

A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after.

Pornography is about dominance. Erotica is about mutuality.

Pornography is about dominance. Erotica is about mutuality.

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.

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...

A movement is only composed of people moving. To feel its warmth and motion around...

A movement is only composed of people moving. To feel its warmth and motion around...

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...

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.

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.

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...

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government

I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but...

I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but...