INTERVIEW WITH GLORIA STEINEM SPEAKING WITH UNSEEN INTERVIEWER Gloria Steinem I think in early childhood, I mean, it's a really little girl, I had the idea that I could be something, even if it was a pretty conventional thing. And then the adolescent period came along and just the role, the whole female role just came down like a vise. And then I began to think that I couldn't be anything, even a conventional thing I had to marry it. And the whole, you know, feeling that you had to find somebody who wanted to do what you also wanted to do in life and attach yourself to that person was really very, very strong. I just thought that on the side, I would do this other little things. I mean, maybe I would, you know, have an interesting job on the side. But it was still very definitely on the side. And it makes it impossible really to find anyone whom you want to share your life with. If you think that your his limitations are going to be totally yours that after that you're you're never going to have a choice. Somebody Elektra once asked me if why it was that women didn't gamble as much as men. And I gave the usual answer, you know, which is that? Well, we don't have enough money, you know, we just don't feel we can risk the money. And afterwards, it occurred to me that the reason we don't gamble cards and poker as much as because our total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage. I mean, what could be a bigger gamble, this this problem of being of your total identity, coming from a man, whether the man is your husband, or your father or the person you work for as assistant or CO or advice or whatever it is, Are you the Secretary to that in the movement in the women's movement is known as being male identified, looking for approval for men, for men, total definition for men. But I think you have to talk about being a man junkie, to really get the sense of the strength of it and to understand it as an addiction, which it really is, I mean, you need a kind of shot of identity to to prove that you're really a person, you're just nobody, unless you have a man standing next to you. Whether it's your boss or your husband or a date on Saturday night, and men don't understand how little it matters which man is standing next to you. It's, you know, it's just you're not a complete person. Without that, man, it took me a very long time. I mean, I wasted many, many years. Working Yes, supporting myself, Yes, but doing research for man I knew who were writers giving my ideas and meetings to men because it wouldn't be more acceptable if they suggested it, entertaining their friends living their lives, even if they didn't encourage me to, I mean, I would do it all by myself, even if the men weren't quite able to accept, you know, as a strong woman, I still felt that that was the way I had to behave. I think I had the same problem that a lot of women do. And that is that because society had told me that my group was second class or supportive, at best, I kind of believed. And if I got a little bit up in the world, I didn't want to associate with members of my own group. That kind of dislike of oneself and of one's own group, is something that the women's movement has helped to cure. And it's very joyful. Now to see women making a connection with other women, because at last, we respect ourselves.

B-roll video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Rally in support of same sex marriage rights.

TAPE_NUMBER: EF99/0924 IN_TIME: 03:25:25 - 07:28:06 - 09:11:47 LENGTH: 02:26 SOURCES: APTN RESTRICTIONS: FEED: VARIOUS (THE ABOVE TIME-CODE IS TIME-OF-DAY) SCRIPT: English/Nat Two years after fleeing her native country, a Ghanaian woman once threatened with genital mutilation, has been granted asylum by the United States. After spending most of those two years at an I-N-S (Immigration and Naturalization Service) detention centre in New York, Adelaide Abankwah was released a month ago on parole. Since being granted asylum, she spoke for the first time at a press conference in New York saying her new life in the U-S will give her a fresh start. Adelaide Abankwah is finally free to stay in the United States. And despite her nearly two year ordeal at an I-N-S detention centre in Queens, she's looking forward to becoming an "American." In her first public appearance since the U-S "Board of Immigration Appeals" granted her asylum, Adelaide Abankwah was tearful but relieved. SOUNDBITE: (English) "More than a month ago, I thought I would die in jail. But today, I'm here. I'm so happy to be free. I don't have to worry about being deported, or dying in jail." SUPER CAPTION: Adelaide Abankwah Adelaide, now 29, fled from a small rural village Ghana in 1997. She felt impelled to leave when she learnt that because she had lost her virginity before marriage, she would be forced to undergo genital mutilation at the hands of the village elders. The small rural tribe Ms. Abankwah comes from does not traditionally practise the procedure, but she was threatened with it after her mother died. She had to face a physical examination to prove her worthy of succession as "queen mother." The female figurehead is supposed to be a virgin - Ms. Abankwah wasn't. After fleeing to America via Rome, she was caught with an altered passport at Kennedy Airport, then incarcerated. While she waited for the I-N-S to decide her fate, she suffered weight-loss, depression, and contracted a number of illnesses including tuberculosis. At that time a number of high profile organisations, including "Equality Now" and the women's magazine "Marie Claire" waged a highly publicised campaign to free her. They enlisted a number of politicians and spokeswomen feminist icon Gloria Steinem. Steinem admonished authorities for detaining Adelaide Abankwah while the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and later the courts, decided her fate. SOUNDBITE: (English) "I'm so happy and proud to have her as a citizen of the United States. We're so lucky to have this woman here of such courage and intelligence. And I think that as Americans we need to really look at the ways in which the access to our country is being restricted, without our knowledge, without our voting, without our understanding even of what the motives are." SUPER CAPTION: Gloria Steinem, Women's Rights Activist Female Genital Mutilation, or FGM, is widely practiced in Africa, Asia and Middle East, and involves the removal of all - or part of the female genitalia. The purpose of FGM is to repress women's sexual desire and keep her faithful to her husband. Roughly two (m) million women around the world undergo FGM annually. And although Ghana has outlawed the practice, 15-30% of women there are subjected to it. For now, Ms. Abankwah is awaiting an employment permit and staying with a minister in the South Bronx, New York. SOUNDBITE: (English) "I will now begin to enjoy my life in America. I plan to study at Marrimont Manhattan college to get my GED (high-school equivalency test). I will also get a part-time job and volunteer at Equality Now." SUPER CAPTION: Adelaide Abankwah At the press conference, supporters presented her with an American flag. Adelaide says she will not return to Ghana. SHOTLIST: xfa New York City, USA - 19 August 1999 and File August 19 - New York 1. Wide shot presser 2. Medium shot Adelaide and friends 3. Close up Adelaide 4. Cutaway cameras 5. Wide shot Adelaide at podium 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Adelaide Abankwah 14 July - Queens, New York 6. Wide shot I-N-S detention center 7. Close up security camera 8. Wide shot Adelaide in prison uniform 9. Close up I-N-S label on prison uniform 10. Wide shot, Adelaide walks through door at detention center 11. Wide shot, Adelaide walks down hall 19 August 1999 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gloria Steinem, Women's Rights Activist Undated File, Africa 13. Wide shot women sitting 14. Medium shot woman being examined 15. Close-up woman's face 16. Close-up bloody rag 19 August New York 17. Wide shot Adelaide hugging woman 18. Cutaway media 19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Adelaide Abankwah 20. Medium shot, Adelaide shaking hands with lawyer and holding American flag?

Steinem Marriage

Gloria Marie Steinem is an American journalist and social-political activist who emerged as a nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Steinem was a columnist for New York magazine and a co-founder of Ms. magazine.

Politicians and the issue of same sex marriage.

Couple standing in front of a preacher at their wedding ceremony. He pronounces them man and wife and they kiss and smile. Rack focus between the couple and the preacher.

INTERVIEW WITH GLORIA STEINEM WHO APPEARS ON THE LOCAL TWIN CITIES, MINNESOTA TELEVISION SHOW “TWIN CITIES TODAY” IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES.

Gloria Steinem says "you can't married power" and provides an example how Pat Nixon's child care bill was vetoed by her husband.

A groom takes the garter belt off of his wife at their wedding reception.

Wedding party pose for camera, man dances with cigarette in mouth.

Wedding party parades and poses for camera, bridesmaid does Hitler caricature by giving Nazi salute while putting finger over her lip.

This clip show the newlyweds with wedding party