I have me brave women who are exploring the outer edge of human possibility, with no history to guide them, and with a courage to make themselves vulnerable that I find moving beyond words.
Gloria SteinemRead
Obviously, there is much similarity among the challenges of transgender people and all women - from health care to harassment to discrimination in the workplace.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Transgender people and women face similar societal challenges related to discrimination and health issues.
Gloria Steinem highlights the interconnected struggles between transgender individuals and women, emphasizing that both groups confront significant barriers such as healthcare access, harassment, and workplace discrimination. This quote calls for solidarity among marginalized communities, underlining the need for collective action against shared injustices.
Themes
TransgenderWomenDiscriminationHealthcareHarassment
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech promoting equality, one might use this quote to highlight shared struggles.
More from Gloria Steinem
All quotes βIf women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of our menstrual cycle when the female hormone is at its lowest level, then why isn't it logical to say that, in those few days, women behave the most like the way men behave all month long?
Gloria SteinemRead
Age brings a freedom. When you're young, you're much more subject to the idea of what feminine is or how you should look or how you should behave.
Gloria SteinemRead
All those chemicals that create empathy only work when you are in a room together.
Gloria SteinemRead
Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
Gloria SteinemRead
I'm lucky I don't make my living in front of the camera.
Gloria SteinemRead
Similar quotes
A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves.
Dan SavageRead
I'm re-energized by being around people who mean a lot to me.
Martin ScorseseRead
After an hour or two of being socially on, we introverts need to turn off and recharge ... This isn't antisocial. It isn't a sign of depression.
Jonathan RauchRead
Man can see his reflection in water only when he bends down close to it, and the heart of man, too, must lean down to the heart of his fellow; then it will see itself within his heart.
Hannah MoreRead
We're all strangers connected by what we reveal, what we share, what we take away--our stories. I guess that's what I love about books--they are thin strands of humanity that tether us to one another for a small bit of time, that make us feel less alone or even more comfortable with our aloneness, if need be.
Libba BrayRead
I am clearly vulnerable to these more passionate and volatile unstable relationships. I am trying to not be so vulnerable.
Salman RushdieRead