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...Steinem: But that's true. It's not every woman and every man, but it's the culture that rewards men for dominating and rewards women for acceding to domination. It doesn't mean that we invented it, but it does mean that it's real...
...Steinem: By listening to their true voice -- a theme Susan and I both ended up with. I also think it's possible that intellectual women reviewers were less comfortable with my book than with Susan's because I'm bringing emotional concerns, childhood and other traditionally female values into the public sphere. I'm speaking personally; Susan is speaking as a professional reporter in a way that the world of journalism respects...
...Steinem: It's objective, third-person reporting, in which you don't put yourself in the story. It's not that one method is better than the other -- you choose the method that suits the subject. Susan's method was exactly right because it got credibility within the world it was attacking. This book reminds me of the woman detective who wired herself and won her sexual- harassment case. Those guys taught her how to wire herself, and she did, and she caught them. It's a sweet victory, to win using their methods...
...Steinem: This society, Western culture in general, has devoted itself to externalizing everything, whether it's obeying the demands of the church to win rewards after death, or the secular heaven of consumerism that makes us feel insecure if we don't buy endless things -- all the vast array of external hierarchies that depend for their authority on weakening our authority -- especially women...
...Steinem: I think some feminist books should be for women only. It happens that my book is appropriate for men and women both, because the full self necessary for self-esteem has been denied more to women -- but also to men. Self-esteem is a way of saying to men that equality will help you become whole...