In a general way, anything that affects men is taken more seriously than anything that affects only women. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Pop culture shapes our ideas of what is normal and what our dreams can be and what our roles are. Politics, of course, decides how the power and the money in the country is distributed. Both are equally important, and… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
People waste more time waiting for someone to take charge of their lives than they do in any other pursuit. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Nothing will happen automatically. Change depends on what you and I do every day. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Women are never again going to be mindless coffee-makers or mindless policy-makers in politics. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
The state of female artists is very good. But the very definition of art has been biased in that 'art' was what men did… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
We will live to see the day that St. Patrick's Cathedral is a child-care center and the pope is no longer a disgrace to… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Just when you thought multi-nationals and crazed consumerism were too big to fight, along comes Naomi Klein with facts, spirit, and news of successful… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I don't know Beyoncé, but I have the impression that she's sincere, that she really is a feminist and wanted to put the word… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I started out life as a writer, and writers write in part because they don't want to talk. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Sadomasochiasm - which we know very well doesn't exist in societies that don't have child abuse - is regarded some sort of natural sexual… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“Part of traveling over years means coming back to the same place and knowing it for the first time.” — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm a feminist, that's a transformation of society. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I think that part of everybody's success is due to their looks, but it just works in different ways. If you're whatever society calls… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Of course, we can change. We're very adaptable. But it takes a while. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
