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.
Gloria Steinem — Gloria Steinem Contemporary · Feminist leader

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On women's emotional expression and societal expectations.

Date: Approx. 1980s-1990s

Philosophical

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