Sadomasochiasm - which we know very well doesn't exist in societies that don't have child abuse - is regarded some sort of natural sexual expression.
Gloria SteinemWhen the past dies, there is mourning, but when the future dies our imaginations are compelled to carry it on.
Gloria SteinemLanguage can't solve everything, of course, but it does carry our dreams and our ideas.
Gloria SteinemThe 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.
Gloria Steinem