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Steinem was asked, \u201cWhat do you think the biggest problem with feminism today is?\u201d to which she replied, \u201cWhat we don\u2019t talk about enough is religion. I think that spirituality is one thing. But religion is just politics in the sky. I think we really have to talk about it. Because it gains power from silence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steinem frequently speaks of the effects of religion on the feminist cause. In a 2001 CNN interview<\/a>, Steinem said, \u201creligion is often politics made sacred. If God is a man, then man is God. We need to return and go forward to the understanding that there is God in all living things, not more in men than women \u2026 To believe otherwise is only an excuse for dominating women and nature.\u201d<\/p>\n

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