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Quotes from The Humanist interview — Gloria Steinem

1934–2026 United States

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17 quotes

I always thought that "humanist" was a good word long before I understood that anyone thought it was a bad word.

The Humanist interview (2012)

The Arab Spring did a great deal for women because the person who spread the word in the first place was a woman. Women participated in it; they were fully out there in the street.

The Humanist interview (2012)

I think most social justice movements take the words that are used against them and make them good words.

The Humanist interview (2012)

“Honey, if men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.”

The Humanist interview (2012)

It’s about rejecting a god who looks like the ruling class.

The Humanist interview (2012)

I can’t think of anything more crucial than real Republicans taking back the GOP.

The Humanist interview (2012)

I’ve only ever met one woman who actually was a prostitute of her own free will.

The Humanist interview (2012)

Regarding the idea that the women’s movement is white and middle class — a fair share of the country is white and middle class.

The Humanist interview (2012)

I always feel I have to apologize to my friends who are Republicans because they’ve basically lost their party.

The Humanist interview (2012)

I have always employed humor, and I think it’s absolutely crucial that we do because, among other things, humor is the only free emotion.

The Humanist interview (2012)

In Nevada, there was a time when you couldn’t get unemployment unless you tried sex work first.

The Humanist interview (2012)

Nobody tries to diminish the Civil Rights movement by saying they were middle class.

The Humanist interview (2012)

I think we all have the power to name ourselves. I try to call people what it is they wish to be called.

The Humanist interview (2012)

I like to say that the last five-to-ten thousand years has been an experiment that failed and it’s now time to declare the first meeting of the post-patriarchal, post-racist, post-nationalist age. So let’s add “post-theological.” Why not?

The Humanist interview (2012)

There were never that many women stand-up comics in the past because the power to make people laugh is also a power that gets people upset.

The Humanist interview (2012)

Look, you didn’t leave your party. The party left you.

The Humanist interview (2012)

You can compel love, actually, if somebody is isolated and dependent — it’s like the Stockholm syndrome. But you can’t compel laughter. It happens when two things come together and make a third unexpectedly.

The Humanist interview (2012)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gloria Steinem (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.