The young women seem to think that they can only go out with or marry a man who is superior to them. The problem there is that they are wanting to be defeated, as opposed to finding a partner.
Gloria SteinemWomen must have seats at the table because peace is too crucial to be left only to the politicians or only to the male half of our world.
Gloria SteinemI just think that culturally, women - we're all human beings - but at least we don't have our masculinity to prove.
Gloria SteinemWhen I was growing up, you were supposed to marry and therefore didn't plan ahead. Planning ahead is one of the few reliable measures of class in the sense that rich people plan for generations forward and poor people plan for Saturday night, and by that measure, women have been lower class. We were less likely to plan ahead because we're more likely to think that who we marry and our children are going to dictate our plans.
Gloria Steinem