Believe Quote by Gloria Steinem

I feel that discrimination and hierarchy is something that people have to face constantly.

— Radhika Apte

Indeed, the existence of class, of social hierarchy, is as old as man himself. It prevails in the jungle where strength determines hierarchy; among…

— F. Sionil Jose

The horror of class stratification, racism, and prejudice is that some people begin to believe that the security of their families and communities depends…

— Dorothy Allison

Each family functions in their own way, by rules reinvented daily. The strangeness of each of us is somehow accommodated so that there can…

— Niall Williams

Family traditions counter alienation and confusion. They help us define who we are; they provide something steady, reliable and safe in a confusing world.

— Susan Lieberman

The parent-child relationship in the home usually reflects the objective cultural conditions of the surrounding social structure. If the conditions which penetrate the home…

— Paulo Freire

Feelings of right and wrong that at first have their locus within the family gradually develop into a pattern for the tribe or city,…

— Corliss Lamont

“A natural family.” Perhaps this easy acceptance between adults and unrelated children, the diffuse nurturing found in societies where children refer to all men…

— Christopher Ryan

Unhealthy families discourage individual expression. Everyone must conform to the thoughts and actions of the toxic parents. They promote fusion, a blurring of personal…

— Susan Forward

It's not necessarily what a family is typically supposed to look like. But it is what it is. It's about a connection and bond…

— Queen Latifah

In one family, all goes by two and two. If a member of it has any interest, he or she will confide it to…

— Charles Buxton

There's something about being with a group of people who become like family that must be needed in society.

— Jacqueline Bisset