Gloria Steinem
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Well, I think we're born into some kind of hierarchy. And in order to move up in the hierarchy, we may think we have to imitate a hierarchical mind. So if you're identifying up only, then it may be much whiter up there than it should be.
But it's still, to me, not feminism because if just in the dictionary, you know, feminism includes all women or it's not feminism.
But it's still, to me, not feminism because if just in the dictionary, you know, feminism includes all women or it's not feminism.
But it's still, to me, not feminism because if just in the dictionary, you know, feminism includes all women or it's not feminism.
Well, for one thing. A large proportion of white women are dependent on the identity and incomes of white men. So they may be voting the interests of their husbands. They may not have information to the contrary. So in some ways, it's amazing that the majority of white women are not voting in the way that they're supposed to, in the ever-increasing majority.
Well, for one thing. A large proportion of white women are dependent on the identity and incomes of white men. So they may be voting the interests of their husbands. They may not have information to the contrary. So in some ways, it's amazing that the majority of white women are not voting in the way that they're supposed to, in the ever-increasing majority.
Well, for one thing. A large proportion of white women are dependent on the identity and incomes of white men. So they may be voting the interests of their husbands. They may not have information to the contrary. So in some ways, it's amazing that the majority of white women are not voting in the way that they're supposed to, in the ever-increasing majority.
Because it is kind of crucial where your income is coming from and who your neighbors are and what you know. And it's the job of a movement to make another supportive force in the world so that there's more choice.
Because it is kind of crucial where your income is coming from and who your neighbors are and what you know. And it's the job of a movement to make another supportive force in the world so that there's more choice.
Because it is kind of crucial where your income is coming from and who your neighbors are and what you know. And it's the job of a movement to make another supportive force in the world so that there's more choice.
Safety. Well, it's not just belief. If you're entirely dependent on a man's income, But women do, in those situations, also rebel. I mean, I remember meeting a woman after one election who told me she locked her husband in the bathroom for the entire election day because she realized that his vote negated her vote.
Safety. Well, it's not just belief. If you're entirely dependent on a man's income, But women do, in those situations, also rebel. I mean, I remember meeting a woman after one election who told me she locked her husband in the bathroom for the entire election day because she realized that his vote negated her vote.
Safety. Well, it's not just belief. If you're entirely dependent on a man's income, But women do, in those situations, also rebel. I mean, I remember meeting a woman after one election who told me she locked her husband in the bathroom for the entire election day because she realized that his vote negated her vote.
So she locked him in the bathroom so he couldn't vote. Wow.
So she locked him in the bathroom so he couldn't vote. Wow.
So she locked him in the bathroom so he couldn't vote. Wow.
Well, I mean, that may be a localized, individualized economic truth, but the larger truth is that unless we vote, we don't exist. We don't have a voice in the governance of our county, city, nation, whatever it is.
Well, I mean, that may be a localized, individualized economic truth, but the larger truth is that unless we vote, we don't exist. We don't have a voice in the governance of our county, city, nation, whatever it is.
Well, I mean, that may be a localized, individualized economic truth, but the larger truth is that unless we vote, we don't exist. We don't have a voice in the governance of our county, city, nation, whatever it is.
And our schools should be doing it, too. You know, our civics courses, our American history courses. Why did we fight a civil war over the vote and equal citizenship? Why did people die for it?