Men should think twice before making widow hood woman's only path to power. Gloria Steinem More Quotes by Gloria Steinem More Quotes From Gloria Steinem I'm completely happy not having children. I mean, everybody does not have to live in the same way. And as somebody said, "Everybody with a womb doesn't have to have a child any more than everybody with vocal cords has to be an opera singer." Gloria Steinem meanchildrenway [on sexual politics] The Golden Rule works for men as written, but for women it should go the other way around. We need to do unto ourselves as we do unto others. Gloria Steinem goldenmenneeds The voting booth is the only place that a pauper equals a billionaire, and any woman equals any man. Gloria Steinem billionairevotingmen There are two types of people in the world, those who say 'there are two types Gloria Steinem businesstwopeople What I think we need to do is infuse everyday and every action with the kind of values we hope will be in the future, with kindness, with nurturing, with dreams, ambition, using your talents, not resorting to violence, other forms of conflict resolution, with humor, with poetry, with music. Gloria Steinem ambitiondreamkindness A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men. Gloria Steinem equalityempoweringwomen Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father. Gloria Steinem motherfatherchildren Rich People plan for three generations Poor people plan for Saturday night Gloria Steinem successinspirationalnight Housewives are dependent creatures who are still children…parasites. Gloria Steinem housewifeparasiteschildren The phenomenon of the woman who's asked what movie she wants to see, and she says, "I don't know. What do you want to see?" It's a tiny version of a big tendency. Women need to say, "This is what I want." Gloria Steinem tinywantneeds When I'm talking to people, I find myself quoting the three organizing rules of Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter was initiated by three young women, and too few people know that. But, anyway, the first one is lead with love. The second is low ego, high impact. The third is move with the speed of trust. I must say those make me feel very hopeful for the future. Gloria Steinem impacttalkingmoving Life after 50 or 60 is itself another country, as different as adolescence is from childhood, or as adulthood is from adolescence - and just as adventurous. Gloria Steinem childhooddifferentcountry Women tend to be conservative in youth and get more radical as they get older because they lose power with age. So, if a young woman is not a feminist, I say, just wait. Gloria Steinem feminismfeministwaiting In almost any situation, if you have been the powerful one, which would tend to be men more than women but not always, it's very important to listen as much as you talk. If you have been the less powerful one, it's very important to talk as much as you listen. Gloria Steinem powerfulimportantmen One day an army of gray-haired women may quietly take over the Earth! Gloria Steinem armyone-dayearth Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer. Gloria Steinem problemanswerspast I think one of the great innovations of sexual harassment law was that it did not use the word "consent." It used the word "welcome." Gloria Steinem innovationlawthinking Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age. Gloria Steinem feminismwomenfeminist But somewhere within each of us, buried at varying depths depending on the age and degree of neglect or abuse, shame or coercion we endured, there is a resistant, daydreaming, rebellious, creative, unique child -- a true self who is waiting. Gloria Steinem uniqueselfchildren Whenever one person stands up and says, “Wait a minute, this is wrong,” it helps other people do the same. Gloria Steinem helping-otherswaitingpeople
