In the spring of 2016, Gloria Steinem — one of feminism's most enduring voices — offered an offhand explanation for why young women were supporting Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton, suggesting their motivation was romantic rather than political. The remark, brief and confident, landed as a profound dismissal: it told women who had studied platforms and weighed policies that their real reason was the pursuit of men. A decade on, the comment endures not merely as a gaffe but as a mirror held up to the recurring tension between generational feminist authority and the political autonomy of youn