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Gloria Steinem wished that "the next week and days would be better" for all those who attended her lecture Monday night.
Filling heads with comparisons of facts from 35 years ago and today, the feminist author gave a crowd of about 2,000 at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines some things to think about in the second event in this year's Smart Talk women's lecture series.
Steinem, 71, spoke about the women's rights movement of the 1970s that she helped found, as well as other movements seeking equality between classes, races and sexual orientations.
She said 50 to 75 years might pass before women earn as much as men, but said she was glad that her efforts had contributed to some progre
ss in the last 35 years.
"Not doing it is harder than doing it," she said.
Steinem's statements about raising children without traditional gender
roles drew applause.
<span style="color:#ff0000">"It's important to raise our sons more like our daughters," she said. "The masculine ideal does not allow them to develop patience and compassion. . . . The way we raise our children may be the only form of arms control that really works."
The audience also clapped when Steinem said, "Until we have a system of economics that attaches value to the environment, the environment will only be seen as a source of profit."
Some of her points sounded like gently asserted rallying cries, such as, "There can be no democracy without feminism,&quo
t; and, referring to the ideals of beauty, "We are still trying to make women fit society, when we must try to make society fit women."
Steinem also was applauded for saying that she was thankful for the right wing of the political spectrum, because it has shown the world that many issues are connected. "Why else would they be against both lesbianism and contraception?" she asked.
Steine
m called for women to do their part in the voting process, by voting for like-minded politicians on issues involving rights to contraception and reproductive choice. "It isn't that we don't support it. It's just that we're not electing the people who support it," she said.
Among the remarks from the audience was testimony from a woman who said she'd followed Steinem's career as a feminist and her work with Ms. Magazine. The audience member wrote: "Thanks to you, my journey was not quite so lonely. I thank you from the bottom of my heart
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http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll...40393/1001/NEWS
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Gloria Steinem wished that "the next week and days would be better" for all those who attended her lecture Monday night.
Filling heads with comparisons of facts from 35 years ago and today, the feminist author gave a crowd of about 2,000 at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines some things to think about in the second event in this year's Smart Talk women's lecture series.
Steinem, 71, spoke about the women's rights movement of the 1970s that she helped found, as well as other movements seeking equality between classes, races and sexual orientations.
She said 50 to 75 years might pass before women earn as much as men, but said she was glad that her efforts had contributed to some progre
ss in the last 35 years.
"Not doing it is harder than doing it," she said.
Steinem's statements about raising children without traditional gender
roles drew applause.
<span style="color:#ff0000">"It's important to raise our sons more like our daughters," she said. "The masculine ideal does not allow them to develop patience and compassion. . . . The way we raise our children may be the only form of arms control that really works."
The audience also clapped when Steinem said, "Until we have a system of economics that attaches value to the environment, the environment will only be seen as a source of profit."
Some of her points sounded like gently asserted rallying cries, such as, "There can be no democracy without feminism,&quo
t; and, referring to the ideals of beauty, "We are still trying to make women fit society, when we must try to make society fit women."
Steinem also was applauded for saying that she was thankful for the right wing of the political spectrum, because it has shown the world that many issues are connected. "Why else would they be against both lesbianism and contraception?" she asked.
Steine
m called for women to do their part in the voting process, by voting for like-minded politicians on issues involving rights to contraception and reproductive choice. "It isn't that we don't support it. It's just that we're not electing the people who support it," she said.
Among the remarks from the audience was testimony from a woman who said she'd followed Steinem's career as a feminist and her work with Ms. Magazine. The audience member wrote: "Thanks to you, my journey was not quite so lonely. I thank you from the bottom of my heart
."
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll...40393/1001/NEWS
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