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Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
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A collection of essays exploring the societal expectations and inequalities faced by women, and advocating for their liberation and empowerment.

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The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.

Gloria Steinem

learningunlearning

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.

Gloria Steinem

imaginationdreams

A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.

Gloria Steinem

sexismobjectification

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

Gloria Steinem

independence

The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving.

Gloria Steinem

futureaction

We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.

Gloria Steinem

gender rolesparenting

The greatest single obstacle to the achievement of equality... is the emotional and intellectual confusion of people who think that love and power are mutually exclusive.

Gloria Steinem

equalitylovepower

A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.

Gloria Steinem

expectationsfreedom