The family is the basic cell of government: it is where we are trained to believe that we are human beings or that we are chattel, it is where we are trained to see the sex and race divisions and…

Quote by Gloria Steinem

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Logic is in the eye of the logician.

Logic is in the eye of the logician.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

I'd like to be played as a child by Natalie Wood. I'd have some romantic...

I'd like to be played as a child by Natalie Wood. I'd have some romantic...

Men should think twice before making widow hood woman's only path to power.

Men should think twice before making widow hood woman's only path to power.

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

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

Hope is a very unruly emotion.

Hope is a very unruly emotion.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.