Latest Kirsten Gillibrand Quotes from Interviews

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• Why the confidential advisor provision is so important, because most women - the first place they go is online: "What do I do if I'm raped?" There's no knowledge about "How do I proceed?" in a way that's going to protect them.

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Important, Way, Firsts

  Source: www.elle.com

• Typically, [a victim of sexual assault] go home, take a shower, call their best friend, and evidence is lost. They say, "I can handle it." And they let time pass. And then, either the guy starts harassing them again or they see him do it to somebody else. Having that power on the first day is so important.

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Home, Guy, Important

  Source: www.elle.com

• A typical rapist is a recidivist.

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Typical

  Source: www.elle.com

• Each campus should absolutely investigate the use of alcohol, the prevalence of alcohol, and its role in sexual assault. We know that predators will use alcohol as a weapon. We know they will use drugs as a weapon.

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Alcohol, Drug, Roles

  Source: www.elle.com

• The story we hear over and over again is: Boy in science class, very nice to the girl, says, "Please come to our party on Saturday night." She, of course, shows up. He hands her two, three, four, five drinks. She becomes so inebriated he says, "You can sleep it off in my room. It'll be safe." Or, "I'll walk you home." It's all premeditated with the intention of having sex with that woman without her consent when she's passed out. It's a huge issue.

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Girl, Sex, Nice

  Source: www.elle.com

• Most of my friends that I know now [were sexually assaulted] stayed silent. And I see that still happening today. A lot of women will stay silent and not share what happened to them.

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Today, Silent, Share

  Source: www.elle.com

• One of the things that Claire [ McCaskill] and I are trying to do is put systems on campus in place so that a survivor knows who to talk to - that there's somebody who's an expert on their campus that will know all their options from day one and really empower them to make their own decision about what they want to do.

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Empowering, Decision, Trying

  Source: www.elle.com

• I have since talked to some of my girlfriends sexual assault and found out that they had their own experiences that they never shared at the time. It was never talked about it. And I think it's because of that normal response - you feel badly, you feel responsible, you feel guilty, you feel like you did something wrong, you feel ashamed.

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Girlfriend, Thinking, Normal

  Source: www.elle.com

• I don't like the phrase having it all. It implies we're being greedy, like "have a second piece of pie."

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Pie, Phrases, Pieces

  "Meet Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (and Take Her Work Advice)". Interview with Cindi Leive, www.glamour.com. March 11, 2014.

• Women's voices aren't heard often enough. Congress should reflect the population, but with only 20 percent women in the Senate and 18 percent in the House, it just doesn't.

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Voice, House, Population

  "Meet Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (and Take Her Work Advice)". Interview with Cindi Leive, www.glamour.com. March 11, 2014.

• Unfortunately, our [american] workplace rules are stuck in the seventies, when, out of a block of 10 houses, in more than half of them the husband went to work and the wife stayed home. Now on that same block almost eight of the wives work. That's one reason why I want equal pay for equal work, and why affordable day care, early childhood education, and universal pre-K are so important to me.

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Husband, Block, Home

  Source: www.glamour.com

• The biggest mistakes I've ever made are when I've been rushed. If I'm overwhelmed, I slow down. It's more effective.

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Mistake, Overwhelmed, Slow Down

  "Meet Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (and Take Her Work Advice)". Interview with Cindi Leive, www.glamour.com. March 11, 2014.

• As a lawyer you never speak with emotion. It's about the precise facts.

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Facts, Emotion, Lawyer

  Source: www.glamour.com

• We should be cultivating our female workers. The truth of the matter is that women just see problems and solutions differently, and that's valuable.

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Female, Matter, Problem

  "Meet Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (and Take Her Work Advice)". Interview with Cindi Leive, www.glamour.com. March 11, 2014.

• I had an amazing advantage: a grandmother [Polly Noonan, an influential confidante of the mayor of Albany] who loved politics. She taught me not to listen to negative press or people. I grew up knowing politics was rough-and-tumble.

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Grandmother, Knowing, People

  "Meet Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (and Take Her Work Advice)". Interview with Cindi Leive, www.glamour.com. March 11, 2014.

• When a woman has the opportunity to speak truth to power, it's important that she does, even if it's just trying to get a crosswalk in her neighborhood. That's how social change happens!

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Opportunity, Important, Trying

  "Meet Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (and Take Her Work Advice)". Interview with Cindi Leive, www.glamour.com. March 11, 2014.