Quotes by Gloria Steinem

“The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off.”

“Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I dont feel I should be doing something else.”

“Women are not going to be equal outside the home until men are equal in it”

“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.”

“Law and justice are not always the same.”

“Self-esteem isnt everything; its just that theres nothing without it”

“The surest way to be alone is to get married”

“A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after.”

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

“Men should think twice before making widowhood womens only path to power”

“I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.”

“If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of our menstrual cycle when the female hormone is at its lowest level, then why isnt it logical to say that, in those few days, women behave the most like the way men behave all month long?”

“For women... bras, panties, bathing suits, and other stereotypical gear are visual reminders of a commercial, idealized feminine image that our real and diverse female bodies cant possibly fit. Without these visual references, each individual womans body demands to be accepted on its own terms. We stop being comparatives. We begin to be unique.”

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

“Weve begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.”

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

“Planning ahead is a measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan for future generations, but the poor can plan ahead only a few weeks or days.”

“If the shoe doesnt fit, must we change the foot?”

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

“By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God”