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...hope historians will see the coming age as one no longer divided by obvious physical differences but by creativety and intelligence." Gloria Steinem said yesterday afternoon before a capacity audience at the Harvard Business School...
Referring to the ad, Steinem said, "It seems as if this school should lead to social trends. This ad shows that's bullshit...
...would think that Kate Millett or Germaine Greer were feeding the gentlemen their lines. More than 300 earnest women-ranging from Black Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm to Writer Gloria Steinem to Betty Smith, former vice chairman of Wisconsin Republicans-met in Washington last week to form a National Women's Political Caucus. Its goal: to seek out and promote candidates of either sex, preferably women, who will work to eliminate "sexism, racism, violence and poverty." And what was the reaction in San Clemente? Discussing a newspaper photograph of four of the caucus leaders, Secretary of State William Rogers remarked that...
...reason. For example, along with setting themselves the admirable goal of organizing politically, a few speakers at the Women's Caucus also made some farfetched assertions. "We must humanize America and save her," said Betty Smith, implying that it is up to women to do the job. Author Steinem railed at the "masculine mystique belief" in the inevitability of violence. If recriminations are in order, one could with some justice blame women for passively tolerating that violence, since for some time now they have constituted more than half of the electorate. To imply that they are more humane...
Calling for "the humanization of the work pattern," Steinem said, "The idea that masculinity depends on the subjugation of other people has gotten us in almost as much trouble here as in Vietnam...