Gloria Steinem Quotes

I'm such a girly-girl! I don't know why people don't see that.

I'm such a girly-girl! I don't know why people don't see that.

For me, embracing my own power is about embracing my right to be an individual.

I really should learn to be more of a girl.

I'm 18 and I like it!

When I got to 40, I was happy. Now I can wear what I like, listen to what I like, don't have to try and be cool. I'm someone's dad and it doesn't matter any more. That's an enormous freedom.

The 40s onwards are when we can really begin to enjoy ourselves. For many women, this is when everything comes together, and they look better than ever. The great thing about getting older is you don't have to do/wear/say anything you don't want to. It wasn't until my very late 30s that I stopped worrying about what other people thought.

The older you get, the more yourself you can be and the less worried you are about what other people think.

Having children, they're not your property. They need to figure out their own views. I think my daughters have a pretty healthy self-awareness, but I can't speak on their behalf.

I've always been very girly.

I'm a woman now.

Truth is, I cut my hair for freedom, not for beauty.

I live by a man's code, designed to fit a man's world, yet at the same time I never forget that a woman's first job is to choose the right shade of lipstick.

I felt very grown up when I was wearing makeup, thank you very much.

Just getting older, you stop caring what other people think, but also, you know who you are, and you know what you want.

I was very protected by my family. But at the same time, I was free to explore womanhood. I was taught that it's okay to be sexy and smart and beautiful.

I've always stood for one thing, and that is having freedom, and part of that is the freedom to unapologetically be yourself.

I definitely wanted to be a woman and be treated as an adult, I wasn't interested in being young at all.

I am not what a girl dreams of.

I like who I am now. Other people may not. I'm comfortable. I feel freer now. I don't want growing older to matter to me.

I don't like it when people who are young act like they're 40. That's taking too much on. Putting up a shield and trying to act like you're so mature or whatever - I don't try to act mature. Some people might say I'm mature for my age, but it's not something I'm trying to do, you know? I'm just me.

It's very nice to be able to be who you are.

Nobody else knew what to do with me because big women are old.

It's lame to say that I'm a normal girl, but I think I am.

People are always going to identify with what it's like living in society and have people judge you in certain ways, and how you can be strong enough to be your own person and all those good things.