The origins of violence against women by men are not biological. If that were the case, it would exist in every culture.… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Society definitely encourages and condones men's violence toward women. Not as much as it used to be when it was less visible,… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
The same way that racism is a white person's problem, violence against women is a men's problem. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Violence against women is clearly not solved, not at all solved, and the reasons for it, which are controlling women's bodies in… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
We need to take violence against women seriously. It is the biggest indicator of whether a country is violent inside itself, 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
