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Gloria Steinem

Men should think twice before making widow hood woman's only path to power.

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Gloria Steinem is warning that society often limits women's access to power by only granting it through the status of being a widow. She urges people to reconsider this narrow route so women can gain influence through their own abilities, not just through their relationships to men.

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