Gloria Steinem — "I myself cried when I got angry, then became unable to explain why I was angry i…"
I myself cried when I got angry, then became unable to explain why I was angry in the first place. Later I would discover this was endemic among female human beings. Anger is supposed to be 'unfeminine' so we suppress it - until it overflows. I could see that not speaking up made my mother feel worse. This was my first hint of the truism that depression is anger turned inward; thus women are twice as likely to be depressed.
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American second-wave feminist organizer, journalist, and Ms. magazine co-founder who shaped 1970s feminist politics.
Closely associated with
Betty Friedan (The Feminine Mystique author) and Bella Abzug (feminist Congresswoman).
For an intellectual contrast, see
Phyllis Schlafly, conservative activist and Eagle Forum founder — Schlafly's grassroots STOP-ERA campaign defeated the Equal Rights Amendment Steinem championed — they were the public faces of the 1970s gender debate from opposite sides.
Details
On women's emotional expression and societal expectations.
