“It feels as if childhood sexual abuse or domestic abuse of women in the home has increased but actually if you ask women of 60 or 70 years old, the incidence is about the same. We just didn't know it.” IfsKnowsFeelsYearsHomeAsksChildhoodAbuseDomestic AbuseIncidence Author:Gloria Steinem
“The origins of violence against women by men are not biological. If that were the case, it would exist in every culture. And it doesn't exist in every culture.” IfsMenCultureCasesViolenceViolence Against Women Author:Gloria Steinem
“If you consider that the gender roles are just political, then what you come to see is that the full circle of human qualities is divided up so that two-thirds are masculine and one-third is feminine. Women are missing more of their human qualities, so you'll find us on the fore-front of trying to change this.” IfsTryingHumansTwoPoliticalQualityRolesMissingFrontsThirdsGenderCirclesFeminineDividedMasculineGender RolesTrying To ChangeHuman QualitiesFull Circle Author:Gloria Steinem
“Men may feel just disempowered by intimacy, by being close to a woman, and also by feeling the tender feelings that they're ashamed of.” MenFeelsMayFeelingsIntimacyAshamedFeels JustTender Feelings Author:Gloria Steinem
“You're afraid to be close to women. Because it's not masculine to be close to women. The last time you were close to a woman, you were a child.” ChildrenLastsLast TimeMasculine Author:Gloria Steinem
“Society definitely encourages and condones men's violence toward women. Not as much as it used to be when it was less visible, and there were still laws on the books that made it alright for men to beat their wives, as long as it was within certain limits, and women were chattel.” MenLongMadeStillsBookLawUsedCertainWifeViolenceLimitsBeatsUsed To BeMade ItVisibleAlright Author:Gloria Steinem
“I know it sounds corny, but when you follow your dreams, it happens. And if it's music, take it seriously.” IfsKnowsDreamHappensSoundYour DreamsFollow Your DreamsCorny Author:Enrique Iglesias
“During the first suffragist wave in this nation, women were possessions, like a table or a chair. So violence toward them was quite condoned. The attitude has diminished, but it's still there.” FirstsStillsNationsAttitudeViolenceTablesWavePossessionChairsSuffragists Author:Gloria Steinem
“You can hardly open a newspaper without seeing that a woman has been killed by a man for clearly gender-related reasons.” MenHas BeensReasonSeeingGenderNewspapersRelated Author:Gloria Steinem
“Society certainly encourages women to be victims in every way. I mean if we want approval, we have to sing the blues, even as singers we sing the blues.” IfsWayWantMeanVictimSingersApproval Author:Gloria Steinem
