I would put all the efforts to humanize the "masculine" and "feminine" gender roles that are the beginning of a false human hierarchy and normalize race, class and other systems of domination to come.
Gloria SteinemMost of us are living out the unlived lives of our mothers, because they were not able to become the unique people they were born to be.
Gloria SteinemFor 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.
Gloria SteinemI always thought that "humanist" was a good word long before I understood that anyone thought it was a bad word.
Gloria SteinemMany ideas have been transformed by adding one crucial adjective-women's bank, women's music, women's studies, women's caucus. That adjective did more than change a phrase. It implied a lot of new content: child care, flexible work hours, new standards of creditworthiness, new symbolism, new lyrics.
Gloria Steinem