Gloria Steinem Violence Quotations

Violence against women is clearly not solved, not at all solved, and the reasons for it, which are controlling women's bodies in order to control reproduction, are definitely not solved.

I would say that reproductive freedom comes first, then violence and economics.

No other form of violence is legitimate. It is never acceptable to use violence to solve a problem. Whether personal or political.

If [George] Zimmerman had been arrested for domestic violence, Trayvon Martin might still be alive.

During the first suffragist wave in this nation, women were possessions, like a table or a chair. So violence toward them was quite condoned. The attitude has diminished, but it's still there.

From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case in which it may be justified.

One act of violence takes four generations to heal.

We need to take violence against women seriously. It is the biggest indicator of whether a country is violent inside itself, and whether it will be militarily violent against another country.

What would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?

The same way that racism is a white person's problem, violence against women is a men's problem.

Violence is not inevitable. I mean, the only inevitable form of violence is the kind that we understand, the only legitimate (if there can ever be legitimate violence) and that's self-defense.

The origins of violence against women by men are not biological. If that were the case, it would exist in every culture. And it doesn't exist in every culture.