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.
Interpretation
This quote celebrates the bravery of women who push boundaries despite lacking a historical guide.
Gloria Steinem's quote emphasizes the extraordinary courage of women who embark on ambitious paths without the comfort of historical precedents. By acknowledging their vulnerability and the limitations of past guidance, she highlights their strength and the deep emotional impact their journeys have on others, inspiring a broader recognition of their achievements and challenges.
In practice
In a speech advocating for women's rights, one might use this quote to highlight the strength of women leaders.
If 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?
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.
All those chemicals that create empathy only work when you are in a room together.
Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
Obviously, there is much similarity among the challenges of transgender people and all women - from health care to harassment to discrimination in the workplace.
I'm lucky I don't make my living in front of the camera.
There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Being in service and being involved in something that is greater than you is what makes a person complete and whole. The very first thing I ever did in terms of activism was for an anti-atom bomb rally.
I'm not ashamed to dress "like a woman" because I don't think it's shameful to be a woman.
Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards any one.
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