--- title: "4 Fathers Quotes By Gloria Steinem" description: "4 Fathers quotes by Gloria Steinem. Plus more from Gloria Steinem and more Fathers sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b40/gloria-steinem-277_about_when-i-m-talking-to-groups-that-are-all_1873727.jpg" --- > [When I'm talking to groups that are all men, we talk about how the masculine role limits them. They often want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/when-i-m-talking-to-groups-that-are-all-men-we-talk-about-how-the/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b40/gloria-steinem-277_about_when-i-m-talking-to-groups-that-are-all_1873727.jpg) > [If you look at many of the women who find themselves with cold, distant, difficult, cruel men, it's because they had cold,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/if-you-look-at-many-of-the-women-who-find-themselves-with-cold/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f37/gloria-steinem-277_alternatives_if-you-look-at-many-of-the-women-who-fin_1880513.jpg) > [This country can no longer afford to choose our leaders from a talent pool limited by sex, race, money, powerful fathers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/this-country-can-no-longer-afford-to-choose-our-leaders-from-a-talent/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/823/gloria-steinem-277_afford_this-country-can-no-longer-afford-to-cho_1975902.jpg) > [I hate to generalize, but in general, both men and women suffer from ageism. Men much less because men gain power as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/i-hate-to-generalize-but-in-general-both-men-and-women-suffer-from/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89c/gloria-steinem-277_ageism_i-hate-to-generalize-but-in-general-both_2182187.jpg) ## Other authors on Fathers - [Dan Pearce 16 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fathers/dan-pearce/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fathers/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-frank-pittman-35815.jpg) Frank Pittman 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fathers/frank-pittman/) - [Reed Markham 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fathers/reed-markham/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-eugene-nathaniel-butler-4034.jpg) Eugene Nathaniel Butler 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fathers/eugene-nathaniel-butler/) ## More by Gloria Steinem > [People waste more time waiting for someone to take charge of their lives than they do in any other pursuit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/people-waste-more-time-waiting-for-someone-to-take-charge-of-their/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [Nothing will happen automatically. Change depends on what you and I do every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/nothing-will-happen-automatically-change-depends-on-what-you-and-i-do/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [Women are never again going to be mindless coffee-makers or mindless policy-makers in politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/women-are-never-again-going-to-be-mindless-coffee-makers-or-mindless/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [The state of female artists is very good. But the very definition of art has been biased in that 'art' was what men did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/the-state-of-female-artists-is-very-good-but-the-very-definition-of/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/we-will-live-to-see-the-day-that-st-patrick-s-cathedral-is-a-child/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/just-when-you-thought-multi-nationals-and-crazed-consumerism-were-too/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/i-don-t-know-beyonc-but-i-have-the-impression-that-she-s-sincere-that/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [I started out life as a writer, and writers write in part because they don't want to talk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/i-started-out-life-as-a-writer-and-writers-write-in-part-because-they/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [Proust's tea cake has nothing on one hour in a college dorm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/proust-s-tea-cake-has-nothing-on-one-hour-in-a-college-dorm/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [Sadomasochiasm - which we know very well doesn't exist in societies that don't have child abuse - is regarded some sort of natural sexual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/sadomasochiasm-which-we-know-very-well-doesn-t-exist-in-societies/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [Behave like everything you do matters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/behave-like-everything-you-do-matters/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [“Part of traveling over years means coming back to the same place and knowing it for the first time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/part-of-traveling-over-years-means-coming-back-to-the-same-place-and/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/if-you-say-i-m-for-equal-pay-that-s-a-reform-but-if-you-say-i-m-a/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/i-think-that-part-of-everybody-s-success-is-due-to-their-looks-but-it/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [Of course, we can change. We're very adaptable. But it takes a while.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/of-course-we-can-change-we-re-very-adaptable-but-it-takes-a-while/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fathers/gloria-steinem/#itemlist", "name": "4 Fathers Quotes By Gloria Steinem", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I'm talking to groups that are all men, we talk about how the masculine role limits them. 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