Marriage works best for men than women. The two happiest groups are married men and unmarried women.
Gloria SteinemIf [George] Zimmerman had been arrested for domestic violence, Trayvon Martin might still be alive.
Gloria SteinemWe are still in various kinds of patriarchal systems. The very definition of patriarchy is that men control women as the means of reproduction, so the idea that a woman's main role is to have children often means society wants more workers, more soldiers. The idea that how many children we have should be controlled by the family, the church, the nation - by anyone but women themselves - is still very deep and very strong.
Gloria SteinemSevere opposition is a measure of success (because) one inevitable result of winning a majority change in consciousness is a backlash from those forces whose power depended on the old one.
Gloria Steinem