Gloria Steinem Quotes

All men should be feminists. If men cared about women's rights, the world would be a better place

I think feminism is taking off. It's just not visible in the way that we would like it to be.

It seems to me to be kind of inescapable that one has to be interested in the issue of gender and gender equality. I don’t really expect any credit for going in that direction. It’s the only natural direction to go in. Why is it that some people don’t see that as so patently obvious as it should be?

I'm not a feminist, I'm a humanist.

My own belief is all men should be feminists, and with enthusiasm.

Our society really needs to take a better look at what we're selling, because I think women being empowered will be as beneficial to men as it is to us.

If I can use my platform to affect change in gender, as I can in race, then I think I can have an impact.

I definitely can feel the third or fourth feminist wave in the air, so maybe this is a good time to open that Pandora’s box a little bit and air it out.

How did it come to be that you think men and women are the same? Well, there's a simple answer to the question: Feminism.

I don't like calling myself a "feminist" only because I don't think I've done anything active enough to call myself one. It'd be like calling myself a civil rights activist just because I'm not racist.

In my opinion it is a grave error for women to feel that they must move only in women's interests... . What, after all, would we think if men all got together and kept doing things that were supposed to be in the interest of men?

Women are the only ones who will be able to eliminate the patriarchy, and when that happens all of us will win, men as much as women.

The most important thing is to have a more open and honest dialogue about gender issues.

I consider myself a feminist. My whole life has been about standing up for women, for anybody really, who's been abused.

I get very frustrated when I hear women saying, "Oh, feminism is passé," because I think feminism means empowerment. Men can be feminists, too! Many men are feminists. We need feminism. It's not against men; it's about the empowerment of women. It's the respect of women - giving women equal rights, the same opportunities.

There are so many things that we have to be very concerned about. But I always come back to feminism.

Donald, my husband, considers himself a feminist.

I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of gender concerns now.

The most important movement in the world is the feminist movement. If we can really figure out what's going on between men and women, the other problems will take care of themselves. I'm sure of it.

I do not consider myself a feminist. I do not believe that by doing female-oriented films that depict a woman fighting the system, we can change the system.

In the long run, Women's Liberation will of course free men-but in the short run it's going to COST men a lot of privilege, which no one gives up willingly or easily.

This is our historical task … To make evident that the category “woman” as well as the category “man” are political and economic categories and not eternal ones. Our aim is to suppress men as a class, not through a genocidal, but a political struggle. Once the class “man” disappears, “woman” as a class will disappear as well, for there are no slaves without masters.

I'm an ardent feminist.

Men can be feminists.

I remember getting to college and all of a sudden realizing that feminism was a dirty word to a lot of people and it was baffling to me. I would tell people that I was a feminist and they would look at me and go, "Why?" And that just made me feel more at home in those shoes.