Women respond to Gloria Steinem's apology:

[MADem]

185. I think it's something an 81 year old would say without even thinking twice about it.

When she was coming up, there wasn't anything wrong or surprising about sexual attraction. It was a pretty common deal in those college years, and the "sexual revolution" was in full swing.

She probably said it, because she DID it.

Now, there are more 'rules' to the process of "hooking up" (such a strange term) that were not in place when Steinem was coming up. The rules certainly make the encounters far more likely to be consensual in every respect, but they weren't part of the routine in her era.

I guess nowadays a person (regardless of gender) isn't allowed to admit that they went to a lecture, took a class, attended a concert or sports event, etc. because they knew that attractive people they were interested in meeting/spending more time with were also attending, or suggest the possibility that others might be doing the same thing, for fear of causing offense.

There was a bank robber Willie Sutton, who, when asked why he robbed banks, replied "Because that's where the money is." People who are interested in finding a partner will go to where they'll find who they're looking for. That's all she was saying. Disagree with her if you'd like, but this stuffing her under the bus is a bit OTT IMO. And you may not be doing any stuffing, but plenty of others are.

You'd think she came out as anti-choice, for all the excorating she's getting.