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

Quote by Gloria Steinem

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

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

A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.

A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy

Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy

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...

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.

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

My job is to bore you and let the hardness of your seat and the...

My job is to bore you and let the hardness of your seat and the...

Can you imagine the Founding Fathers saying that the major source of authority in [your]...

Can you imagine the Founding Fathers saying that the major source of authority in [your]...

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people

I am a feminist because I feel endangered, psychically and physically, by this society and...

I am a feminist because I feel endangered, psychically and physically, by this society and...

Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has...

Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has...