Patriarchy requires violence or the subliminal threat of violence in order to maintain itself... The most dangerous situation for a woman is not an unknown man in the street, or even the enemy in wartime, but a husband or lover… — 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
Nothing will happen automatically. Change depends on what you and I do every day. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share
Women are never again going to be mindless coffee-makers or mindless policy-makers in politics. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share
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
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
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
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
I started out life as a writer, and writers write in part because they don't want to talk. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share
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
“Part of traveling over years means coming back to the same place and knowing it for the first time.” — Gloria Steinem Copy Share
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
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
