Gloria Steinem Quotes

Women are always saying,"We can do anything that men cando." But Men should be saying,"We can do anything that women can do.

Women are not going to be equal outside the home until men are equal in it.

Women are not by nature inferior to men...

Yes, I believe in equality. But I don't like the word 'feminist,' because it's such a rational belief to think that women are equal to men, and I'm a rational person. You shouldn't be labeled for being reasonable.

Every country faces its own obstacles to reaching gender equality, and to make a real difference, we must change public policies in tandem with stereotypes, attitudes, and behaviors.

One of the main problems of our time is that men are deprived of their human qualities that are wrongly called feminine, and women are deprived of their human qualities that are wrongly called masculine.

Mia: I can't do this, I'm a girl. Gym Teacher Harbula: What am I? A duck?

All my battles were with male egos. I’m just looking for equality, not to dominate. But I want to be able to control my vision.

I didn't want to be the girl in the group that couldn't do as much as the boys. I'm very competitive like that.

You know, I've always considered women to be people.

Biological sex should not determine what we are capable of, what we aspire to, what we do in our life.

Human kind is made up of two sexes, women and men. Is it possible that a mass is improved by the improvement of only one part and the other part is ignored? Is it possible that if half of a mass is tied to earth with chains and the other half can soar into skies?

We're viewed as equals - but we're still not there yet. The challenge for our girls, I think, is dealing with that resistance. How can we lift and defuse it, how do we make it so our equality is not so threatening? Our girls are going to have to contend with that. I contend with it right now in every realm I operate in.

I've got two daughters and I want to make sure that they have the same opportunities that anybody's sons have. That's part of what I'm fighting for as president of the United States.

When I was a kid, I was always around boys. I was always trying to keep up with boys - skateboarding and snowboarding. If my brother was mowing the lawn, I had to mow the lawn. If my brother was using a hammer, I needed to use a hammer. I've always been a little bit of a feminist.

We just need to put our foot down. This is a good time for us to bring this to a place of fairness, and girls need to know that being a feminist is a good thing. It doesn't mean that you hate men. It means equal rights. If you're doing the same job, you should be compensated and treated in the same way.

I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.

There is more difference within the sexes than between them.

True gender equality in Scotland - and elsewhere - is still some way off.

I'd like to get to the point where I can be just as mediocre as a man.

The result of coeducation shows clearly that there is no mental inferiority on the part of girls.

Women are inferior to none.

Half the population of the entire world is women, and people are somehow shocked that this entire half is as capable as the other half.

I have never let gender get in my way.

I don't want there to always be this stigma of the "female" artist. "Oh, what does it feel like to be a female doing something?" That hurts me.