Children who have been very sadistically abused over the long-term are able to dissociate, some of them are able to dissociate as a way of surviving and inventing someone to whom this doesn't happen. And so therefore, they invent within themselves different personalities who have life histories of their own. Many people invent an opposite gender personality as well.
Gloria SteinemChildbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.
Gloria SteinemMore women are becoming the men they wanted to marry, but too few men are becoming the women they wanted to marry. That leaves most women with two jobs, one outside the home and one in it.
Gloria SteinemIn the late '60s, people were saying we need power to, not power over. Power to do, accomplish, create, not power over other people.
Gloria SteinemWhen you say something in a wrong group - it will never be right, so you can not say anything wrong, when you don't belong to a group.
Gloria SteinemAm I a capitalist? No. Why would I be a capitalist? I have no capital. Most people have no capital. But to punish the individual for the sins of the system makes no sense. We're responsible for changing it, yes. But we can't actually invent another universe, so we have to start where we are.
Gloria Steinem