Gloria Steinem

It is. I think that's the punishment to all of us for the idea of gender. We're working our way out of it.

It is. I think that's the punishment to all of us for the idea of gender. We're working our way out of it.

Each thing depends on the equality of the next or the existence of the next. But I think just the knowledge that before European explorers set foot on this land, there were already cultures that were egalitarian.

Each thing depends on the equality of the next or the existence of the next. But I think just the knowledge that before European explorers set foot on this land, there were already cultures that were egalitarian.

Each thing depends on the equality of the next or the existence of the next. But I think just the knowledge that before European explorers set foot on this land, there were already cultures that were egalitarian.

Even Benjamin Franklin, who was not, you know, your least patriarchal of all people, but anyway, he did use the Iroquois Confederacy as a model for the Constitution because there were individual groups, linguistic groups, cooperative groups all over the country And they came together in a longhouse meeting in which everyone spoke in turn to make decisions.

Even Benjamin Franklin, who was not, you know, your least patriarchal of all people, but anyway, he did use the Iroquois Confederacy as a model for the Constitution because there were individual groups, linguistic groups, cooperative groups all over the country And they came together in a longhouse meeting in which everyone spoke in turn to make decisions.

Even Benjamin Franklin, who was not, you know, your least patriarchal of all people, but anyway, he did use the Iroquois Confederacy as a model for the Constitution because there were individual groups, linguistic groups, cooperative groups all over the country And they came together in a longhouse meeting in which everyone spoke in turn to make decisions.

And that was the basis for our Congress and for our departure from what the Europeans had left, which were kings. I mean, they did not leave democracies in which they were experienced. They really experienced them once they got here. So I wish that our courses in government or political science began when people began on this continent.

And that was the basis for our Congress and for our departure from what the Europeans had left, which were kings. I mean, they did not leave democracies in which they were experienced. They really experienced them once they got here. So I wish that our courses in government or political science began when people began on this continent.

And that was the basis for our Congress and for our departure from what the Europeans had left, which were kings. I mean, they did not leave democracies in which they were experienced. They really experienced them once they got here. So I wish that our courses in government or political science began when people began on this continent.

In my experience, they don't usually begin with Native American cultures, and I think it would be helpful if they did.

In my experience, they don't usually begin with Native American cultures, and I think it would be helpful if they did.

In my experience, they don't usually begin with Native American cultures, and I think it would be helpful if they did.

Well, I think to your first point, I think lesbians were often in the leadership of the women's movement and more advanced in consciousness because they were less likely to have or to need to have male support for one reason or another, whether it was personal or in jobs. I mean, it's obviously not a universal truth, but kind of relatively speaking. Mm-hmm.

Well, I think to your first point, I think lesbians were often in the leadership of the women's movement and more advanced in consciousness because they were less likely to have or to need to have male support for one reason or another, whether it was personal or in jobs. I mean, it's obviously not a universal truth, but kind of relatively speaking. Mm-hmm.

Well, I think to your first point, I think lesbians were often in the leadership of the women's movement and more advanced in consciousness because they were less likely to have or to need to have male support for one reason or another, whether it was personal or in jobs. I mean, it's obviously not a universal truth, but kind of relatively speaking. Mm-hmm.

And what we forget, what I forget is that in the beginning of the women's movement in the early, late 60s, early 70s and so on, the women's movement was perceived as a lesbian movement. I remember being called by a friend of mine, an editor I'd worked with for years, who, when I became publicly identified with the women's movement, called me up and said, Gloria, I didn't know you were a lesbian.

And what we forget, what I forget is that in the beginning of the women's movement in the early, late 60s, early 70s and so on, the women's movement was perceived as a lesbian movement. I remember being called by a friend of mine, an editor I'd worked with for years, who, when I became publicly identified with the women's movement, called me up and said, Gloria, I didn't know you were a lesbian.

And what we forget, what I forget is that in the beginning of the women's movement in the early, late 60s, early 70s and so on, the women's movement was perceived as a lesbian movement. I remember being called by a friend of mine, an editor I'd worked with for years, who, when I became publicly identified with the women's movement, called me up and said, Gloria, I didn't know you were a lesbian.