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" Law and justice are not always the same. "
Gloria Steinem
Always
Justice
Same
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" Mama grizzlies mate later than other bears. They have two cubs instead of four. They wait four years - about twice as long as other bears - between having cubs. And after they're pregnant, if winter is hard or their health is not good or the food supply is uncertain, they re-absorb the embryo into their body. "
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" I hate to generalize, but in general, both men and women suffer from ageism. Men much less because men gain power as they get older. Women lose power as they get older. Men are seen as gaining experience and being distinguished. Sons look forward to replacing their fathers. "
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" Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie. "
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" Female inferiority is internalised by us. Women need a lot more confidence. "
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" I think if women are visible in the media, truly visible, in an empowered role, it empowers us to be more visible in any area of our lives. "
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" What we need to be able to do is count all human experience. So I would like to count the secretarial positions as good training places to take over the jobs of the bosses. "
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" Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That's their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood. "
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Treat
Dirty
Human
" If you're going to have a male-dominant system, to maintain the system, you have to teach men to dominate. "
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Teach
Men
" Women don't want to exchange places with men. Male chauvinists, science-fiction writers and comedians may favor that idea for its shock value, but psychologists say it is a fantasy based on ruling-class ego and guilt. "
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Women
" I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect of combining marriage, children, and a career. I've yet to find one where many men were worrying about the same thing. "
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Men
Marriage
" The only thing I can't stand is discomfort. "
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Only
The Only Thing
Stand
" When I had a fellowship at the Smithsonian, I asked for a couch in the office because I liked to lie down and take a break. "
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Office
Because
Down
" The same way that racism is a white person's problem, violence against women is a men's problem. "
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Men
Violence
Women
" You can compel fear. You can even make someone feel they're in love if they're isolated and dependent for long enough. But laughter is free. "
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Laughter
Fear
Love
" For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of our inferiority. It lets us know that our own families may consider female bodies to be less deserving, less needy, less valuable. "
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World
First
Know
" Republicans may learn they can't appeal to right-wing patriarchs and most women at the same time. "
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Women
May
" Perhaps McCain has opposed affirmative action for so long that he doesn't know it's about inviting more people to meet standards, not lowering them. "
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Long
More
People
" I will no longer be referred to as Miss Steinem of Ms. magazine. "
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Ms
Will
Miss
" There are six million female lives lost in the world every year simply because they are female. "
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Lost
Because
Year
" In a way, women are a psychic immigrant group. "
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Way
Psychic
" A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after. "
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Who
Before
" The origins of violence against women by men are not biological. If that were the case, it would exist in every culture. And it doesn't exist in every culture. "
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" There is nothing more fundamental than the idea that the government does not have a right to decide when and whether we have children. "
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" One's enemies are always talking about 'post-feminism.' It is a word invented by people who would like to do away with feminism. "
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" 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. "
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" A bad facelift is like a bad toupee. "
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" It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate. "
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" If you ask men about their body image, they will tell you they look better than they do. And if you ask a woman, she'll tell you she looks worse. "
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" Because we are communal creatures, if you're with people who think you're smart, you're smart, and if they think you're dumb, you're dumb. "
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