In retrospect, perhaps the biggest reason my mother was cared for but not helped for twenty years was the simplest: Her functioning was not that necessary to the world.
Gloria SteinemWomen fear endangering men's approval so much, we don't even wait for them to say no. Or else we protect them, even if it means saying no to ourselves.
Gloria SteinemIt's a big gift to be recognizable as part of something that matters to people, but that's not the same as being responsible for something.
Gloria Steinem