There's going to be a demand for perfectionism on the part of Hillary Clinton, or any other pro-equality woman candidate, that would not be made of men. There are going to be attacks based on different standards of morality and different standards of dress and physical attractiveness.
Gloria SteinemFeminism starts out being very simple, and it ends up being a world view that questions hierarchy altogether.
Gloria SteinemI think that there is clearly an understanding that the women's market is an important market. It's still often perceived as separate when it's not.
Gloria SteinemWhen you say something in a wrong group - it will never be right, so you can not say anything wrong, when you don't belong to a group.
Gloria SteinemWomen with body image or eating disorders are not a special category; [theyโre] just more extreme in their response to a culture that emphasizes thinness and impossible standards of appearance for women instead of individuality and health.
Gloria SteinemThe story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights
Gloria SteinemEvery revolution begins as consciousness because some group of people has to imagine change. You have to have the idea of change or at least have a hope before you can proceed. And that stage goes very quickly because a contagion of consciousness is within your control. But when you get to the stage of institutional change, it becomes a much slower process.
Gloria Steinem