If women could sleep their way to the top, there'd be a lot more women at the top. Gloria Steinem More Quotes by Gloria Steinem More Quotes From Gloria Steinem Women must have seats at the table because peace is too crucial to be left only to the politicians or only to the male half of our world. Gloria Steinem males our-world half I always thought that "humanist" was a good word long before I understood that anyone thought it was a bad word. Gloria Steinem bad-word humanist long Intelligence without character is a dangerous thing. Gloria Steinem dangerous-things dangerous character Don't listen to me. Listen to yourself ... People often ask me at this age, 'Who am I passing the torch to?' First of all, I'm not giving up my torch, thank you! I'm using my torch to light other people's torches. ... If we each have a torch, there's a lot more light. Gloria Steinem giving-up light people The act of acting morally is behaving as if everything we do matters. Gloria Steinem acting matter integrity Many ideas have been transformed by adding one crucial adjective-women's bank, women's music, women's studies, women's caucus. That adjective did more than change a phrase. It implied a lot of new content: child care, flexible work hours, new standards of creditworthiness, new symbolism, new lyrics. Gloria Steinem symbolism children ideas I have always employed humor, and I think it’s absolutely crucial that we do because, among other things, humor is the only free emotion. I mean, you can compel fear, as we know. You can compel love, actually, if somebody is isolated and dependent — it’s like the Stockholm syndrome. But you can’t compel laughter. It happens when two things come together and make a third unexpectedly. It happens when you learn something, too. Gloria Steinem laughter humor mean Homemakers work longer and harder than any other class of worker in the United States for less pay, and are the most likely to be replaced by a younger worker. Gloria Steinem united-states class pay For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of our inferiority. It lets us know that our own families may consider female bodies to be less deserving, less needy, less valuable. Gloria Steinem deserving-it feminist food I definitely think men can be leaders. I see an analogy in the case of what helped me think about racism, which was to find parallels with sexism. In other words, I don't think I was such a great ally until I got mad on my own behalf. Gloria Steinem racism men thinking There is always one true inner voice. Trust it. Gloria Steinem inner-voice voice truth [On gender-rating by insurance companies:] They say the reason they get to charge more is we have children. I would say having children is a socially useful act. Being female is not a preexisting condition. Gloria Steinem female reason children Intelligence in the service of poor instinct is really dangerous. Gloria Steinem intelligence instinct poor When men realize that feminism is a universal good that affects them in very intimate ways then I think they really become allies and leaders. Gloria Steinem leader men thinking Whoever has power takes over the noun - and the norm - while the less powerful get an adjective. Gloria Steinem nouns adjectives powerful Proust's tea cake has nothing on one hour in a college dorm. Gloria Steinem cake college past Nature doesn't move in a straight line, and as part of nature, neither do we. Gloria Steinem lines nature moving If men started taking care of children, the job will become more valuable. Gloria Steinem jobs men children People are quite clear in viewing nuns as the servants and the teachers and the supporters of the poor. You contrast that with the fact that the Vatican did virtually nothing about long-known pedophiles, and it's just too much. Gloria Steinem teacher long people women used to be elected only when their husbands died and they became widows. The men found this was too hard on them. That's why they've become feminists. Gloria Steinem feminist husband men
