Quote by Gloria Steinem

The family is the basic cell of government: it is where we are trained to believe that we are human beings or that we are chattel, it is where we are trained to see the sex and race divisions and become callous to injustice even if it is done to ourselves, to accept as biological a full system of authoritarian government.

The family is the basic cell of government: it is where we a

Summary

This quote suggests that the family plays a crucial role in shaping our perception of ourselves and our society. It argues that within the confines of the family unit, we are taught our intrinsic worth as human beings or potentially treated as mere property. The quote further suggests that the family teaches us to recognize and accept the divisions based on gender and race, eventually making us indifferent to injustices, even when they affect us personally. Ultimately, it asserts that the family is instrumental in conditioning us to embrace an authoritative governmental system as a natural and biological arrangement.

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By Gloria Steinem

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