Whoever has power takes over the noun - and the norm - while the less powerful get an adjective.

The father who raises a son to have a profession he once dreamed of, and the mother who uses her daughter as the adult companion her husband is not; the parents who urge their children into accomplishments as status symbols-all these and many more are ways of subordinating a child's authentic self to a parent s needs.

No other form of violence is legitimate. It is never acceptable to use violence to solve a problem. Whether personal or political.

I will no longer be referred to as Miss Steinem of Ms. magazine.

If we have reproductive freedom, that is the ability to decide for ourselves when and whether to have children and what happens to our bodies, sexism can be reversed. It's the understanding that it's not inevitable. I think that is crucial.

Whoever has power takes over the noun - and the norm - while the less powerful get an adjective.

Liberation does not come from outside.