Daily Inspiration Quote by Gloria Steinem

Logic loves to masquerade as neutral, and Steinem punctures that costume with one neat twist on a familiar phrase. “Logic is in the eye of the logician” borrows the cadence of “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” dragging logic down from the realm of universal law and back into the mess of human perspective. The intent isn’t to sneer at reasoning; it’s to expose how often “logic” is a prestige word used to launder bias into inevitability.

Steinem’s activist context matters here. Second-wave feminism spent years being told its demands were “emotional” while the status quo was “rational.” Declaring logic observer-dependent flips the power dynamic: if the referee is also on the field, then the rules aren’t sacred. The subtext is that what counts as “reasonable,” “objective,” or “common sense” is frequently coded male, institutional, and self-protective. The line anticipates decades of fights over who gets to define standards: in courtrooms, newsrooms, workplaces, and families.

What makes the quote work is its quiet provocation. It doesn’t argue; it reframes. By personalizing logic, Steinem forces the listener to account for standpoint and incentive: Who is doing the reasoning? What outcomes does their logic conveniently produce? It’s an invitation to treat “logical” not as a mic-drop, but as a starting point for scrutiny. In a culture that rewards confident explanations, Steinem insists on examining the explainer.