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Sexuality has always been for humans a form of communication, a way we express love and caring and bonding, not only a way we have children if we choose to.

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Gloria Steinem
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: March 25
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Toledo
Ohio
Gloria Marie Steinem
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To punish the individual for the sins of the system makes no sense. We're responsible for changing it, yes. But we can't actually invent another universe, so we have to start where we are.
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Most art in the world does not have a capital 'A,' but is a way of turning everyday objects into personal expressions.
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Male silence is not the same as listening
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Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
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The problem is that America is still so racist - I guess it's hard to find another word for it ­ - that they still, the press in general and many people, perceive only white women as feminists. They think black women are black.
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I spend a lot of time on college campuses, and I don't quite understand where the idea comes from that young women are not moving forward. In fact, statistically, if you look at the public opinion polls, young women are much more supportive of feminism and feminist issues than older women are.
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The ends and means are a seamless web.
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There is no such thing as a crime of passion, only a crime of possession.
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I think we all have the power to name ourselves. I try to call people what it is they wish to be called. But we can take the sting out of epithets and bad words by using them.
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A person who has experienced something is almost always far more expert on it than are the experts.
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