No wonder male religious leaders so often say that humans were born in sinโbecause we were born to female creatures. Only by obeying the rules of the patriarchy can we be reborn through men. No wonder priests and ministers in skirts sprinkle imitation birth fluid over our heads, give us new names, and promise rebirth into everlasting life.
Gloria SteinemSexism is not inevitable. It's only about controlling reproduction and therefore controlling women.
Gloria SteinemThere's a wonderful cartoon of Reagan in a Western hat and he's saying, "A pregnant woman in every home, a gun in every holster. Make America a man again." That sums up his attitudes: pro-military, anti-equality, pro-rich, anti-poor.
Gloria SteinemAny woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That's their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood.
Gloria SteinemI think one of the great innovations of sexual harassment law was that it did not use the word "consent." It used the word "welcome."
Gloria Steinem