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Elephants are so wise and so funny and so endangered and so intelligent. I just think there is a lot to learn from them.

Gloria Steinem

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Gloria Steinem
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: March 25
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Toledo
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Gloria Marie Steinem
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Only when women rebel against patriarchal standards does female muscle become more accepted.
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The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.
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it's possible to be pro-sex and anti-pornography.
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Women fear endangering men's approval so much, we don't even wait for them to say no. Or else we protect them, even if it means saying no to ourselves.
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