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

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.

Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy

Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy

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

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

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...

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 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.

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.

Hope is a very unruly emotion.

Hope is a very unruly emotion.

Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave...

Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave...

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...

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...

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...

If women have young children, they are one man away from welfare.

If women have young children, they are one man away from welfare.

What has the women's movement learned from Geraldine Ferraro's candidacy for vice president? Never get...

What has the women's movement learned from Geraldine Ferraro's candidacy for vice president? Never get...

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...

God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we...

God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we...

Pornography is about dominance. Erotica is about mutuality.

Pornography is about dominance. Erotica is about mutuality.

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...

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

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