Gloria Steinem

But I did argue with that. I mean, he did say, but that would have been okay. And indeed, I said, but you would have been born instead. But that fate was the same for a lot of women. And indeed, it still is. You know, there are a lot of women who still have to give up. their dreams and their occupations in order to take care of children.

It's still the case that women care for children more than men do, even though there's not a star in the East. Children have fathers, too. I mean, fathers should be equally responsible. So it's better because of the civil rights movement, the women's movement, all the great social justice movements. but it's still unequal, very unequal.

It's still the case that women care for children more than men do, even though there's not a star in the East. Children have fathers, too. I mean, fathers should be equally responsible. So it's better because of the civil rights movement, the women's movement, all the great social justice movements. but it's still unequal, very unequal.

It's still the case that women care for children more than men do, even though there's not a star in the East. Children have fathers, too. I mean, fathers should be equally responsible. So it's better because of the civil rights movement, the women's movement, all the great social justice movements. but it's still unequal, very unequal.

I think this simple act, whether it's a talking circle or two women at a kitchen table or whatever it is, of being able to tell the truth about your feelings and your life experience and be heard and hear someone else's truth is how we understand life. the collective truth.

I think this simple act, whether it's a talking circle or two women at a kitchen table or whatever it is, of being able to tell the truth about your feelings and your life experience and be heard and hear someone else's truth is how we understand life. the collective truth.

I think this simple act, whether it's a talking circle or two women at a kitchen table or whatever it is, of being able to tell the truth about your feelings and your life experience and be heard and hear someone else's truth is how we understand life. the collective truth.

It's possible to understand it from reading statistics and so on, but I think it's much more likely if we hear other people's personal stories that we identify with. So every social justice movement that I'm aware of started out that way. The civil rights movement started in Black churches in the South with people testifying about what happened to them. The anti-Vietnam War movement started with

It's possible to understand it from reading statistics and so on, but I think it's much more likely if we hear other people's personal stories that we identify with. So every social justice movement that I'm aware of started out that way. The civil rights movement started in Black churches in the South with people testifying about what happened to them. The anti-Vietnam War movement started with

It's possible to understand it from reading statistics and so on, but I think it's much more likely if we hear other people's personal stories that we identify with. So every social justice movement that I'm aware of started out that way. The civil rights movement started in Black churches in the South with people testifying about what happened to them. The anti-Vietnam War movement started with

a few men resisting going off to what was an unjust war in the first place. And there's nothing more basic or radical than telling the truth and listening to the truth from other people.

a few men resisting going off to what was an unjust war in the first place. And there's nothing more basic or radical than telling the truth and listening to the truth from other people.

a few men resisting going off to what was an unjust war in the first place. And there's nothing more basic or radical than telling the truth and listening to the truth from other people.

Well, I think we need each other. I'm not sure that if I were isolated, I would be laughing. Right. Maybe. But laughter is crucial, you know, because laughter turns out to be the one emotion that can't be compelled. It's a proof of freedom. And in many Native American cultures, there's a god of laughter. who is neither male nor female and connects the known world to the unknown world.

Well, I think we need each other. I'm not sure that if I were isolated, I would be laughing. Right. Maybe. But laughter is crucial, you know, because laughter turns out to be the one emotion that can't be compelled. It's a proof of freedom. And in many Native American cultures, there's a god of laughter. who is neither male nor female and connects the known world to the unknown world.

Well, I think we need each other. I'm not sure that if I were isolated, I would be laughing. Right. Maybe. But laughter is crucial, you know, because laughter turns out to be the one emotion that can't be compelled. It's a proof of freedom. And in many Native American cultures, there's a god of laughter. who is neither male nor female and connects the known world to the unknown world.

You can make somebody afraid, obviously. You can even make someone feel they're in love if they're kept isolated and dependent for long enough, but you can't make them laugh. And I just love that as a proof of freedom. And laughing together is such a communal experience. And I think we should beware of... Churches and temples that keep us from laughing. Wait a minute. What is that about?

You can make somebody afraid, obviously. You can even make someone feel they're in love if they're kept isolated and dependent for long enough, but you can't make them laugh. And I just love that as a proof of freedom. And laughing together is such a communal experience. And I think we should beware of... Churches and temples that keep us from laughing. Wait a minute. What is that about?

You can make somebody afraid, obviously. You can even make someone feel they're in love if they're kept isolated and dependent for long enough, but you can't make them laugh. And I just love that as a proof of freedom. And laughing together is such a communal experience. And I think we should beware of... Churches and temples that keep us from laughing. Wait a minute. What is that about?

Well, now that's very interesting. You've raised a whole other frontier of laughter that I wasn't thinking about. I was thinking of the kind of sincere, irresistible desire to laugh. And you're thinking about compulsory laughter as an expected response to bullshit or, you know, whatever. Right. So thank you for saying that. Now, from now on, I should talk about the resistance to phony laughter.