Gloria Steinem — "I finally had an aha about it which is that we are mostly uh women as well as me…"
I finally had an aha about it which is that we are mostly uh women as well as men raised by women when we're children. and we come to think that female Authority is only appropriate to Childhood. so I think especially for men when they see a powerful woman they feel regressed to Childhood.
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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.
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Interview about men's perception of powerful women