Gloria Steinem — "In short, pornography is not about sex. It's about an imbalance of male-female p…"
In short, pornography is not about sex. It's about an imbalance of male-female power that allows and even requires sex to be used as a form of aggression... There will be little murders in our beds - and very little love.
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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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On pornography and power
Date: Unknown, part of general quotes collection (likely from 1978 essay)