Unless we include a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal fulfillment, women will continue to be vulnerable to someone else's idea of what need is.

Quote by Gloria Steinem

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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.

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...

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...

Most women's magazines simply try to mold women into bigger and better consumers.

Most women's magazines simply try to mold women into bigger and better consumers.

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...

Logic is in the eye of the logician.

Logic is in the eye of the logician.

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...

We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise...

We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise...

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...

Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy

Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy

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...

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...

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...

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

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.

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

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

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...

From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case...

From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case...

We'll never solve the feminization of power until we solve the masculinity of wealth.

We'll never solve the feminization of power until we solve the masculinity of wealth.

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...