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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father.

Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father.

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'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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

Logic is in the eye of the logician.

Logic is in the eye of the logician.

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...

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...

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.

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 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...