The uncomfortable truth seems to be that the amount of talk by women has been measured less against the amount of men's talk than against the expectation of female silence.
Gloria SteinemTo me, the model of success is not linear. Success is completing the full circle of yourself.
Gloria SteinemI think one of the great innovations of sexual harassment law was that it did not use the word "consent." It used the word "welcome."
Gloria SteinemWomen well understood how to restrict birth through timing of sexual intercourse, herbs and abortifacients. I suspect the focus on men's control of women as the means of reproduction came later, in the last five percent or so of human history, with the idea of children as property and labor. One needed to have as many as possible, never mind about women's health or mobility or brainpower. Women's freedom was restricted in order to make sure of the paternity and ownership of children.
Gloria Steinem