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Love Quote by Goldie Hawn

"I'm a woman who was raised to believe that you are not complete unless you have a man. Well, in some ways it's true. I am a feminist to a point. But I'm not going to deny the fact that I love to be with men"

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Goldie Hawn is doing a tightrope walk that only a certain kind of famous woman was allowed to do in public for decades: claim independence without triggering the cultural tripwire that punishes women for seeming “too much” of anything. The opening confession - “raised to believe” - shifts responsibility onto social conditioning, not personal weakness. It’s a smart preemptive defense: don’t blame me, blame the era.

Then she drops the loaded phrase “not complete,” a romantic ideal that doubles as a warning label. It’s less a love story than a script she’s been handed, and she’s half-arguing with it while still auditioning for approval. “Well, in some ways it’s true” is the giveaway. She can’t fully renounce the myth because her public persona (and Hollywood’s economy) has long depended on desirability, coupledom, and the performance of being chosen.

“I am a feminist to a point” is the most revealing line: feminism framed as a dial you turn down before it makes other people uncomfortable. It’s not ideological inconsistency so much as cultural bargaining - the kind women in entertainment have had to make to stay likable, bankable, and legible. The final pivot - “I love to be with men” - isn’t anti-feminist; it’s a reassurance. She’s signaling: I won’t threaten your world. The subtext is survival in a media environment that demanded women be liberated, but never unneeded.

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Hawn, Goldie. (2026, January 17). I'm a woman who was raised to believe that you are not complete unless you have a man. Well, in some ways it's true. I am a feminist to a point. But I'm not going to deny the fact that I love to be with men. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-a-woman-who-was-raised-to-believe-that-you-are-72347/

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Hawn, Goldie. "I'm a woman who was raised to believe that you are not complete unless you have a man. Well, in some ways it's true. I am a feminist to a point. But I'm not going to deny the fact that I love to be with men." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-a-woman-who-was-raised-to-believe-that-you-are-72347/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I'm a woman who was raised to believe that you are not complete unless you have a man. Well, in some ways it's true. I am a feminist to a point. But I'm not going to deny the fact that I love to be with men." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-a-woman-who-was-raised-to-believe-that-you-are-72347/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Goldie Hawn

Goldie Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is a Actress from USA.

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