![]() ![]() ![]() I highly recommend that everyone read this book.īy writing–women are human beings first–, Betty Friedan speaks truth to power. ![]() How damaging was the illusion of the feminine mystique to women themselves, husbands, daughters, and sons? How does this affect us today? How was this related to profit? There was a lot of profit to be made at the expense of the wellbeing of women. How did women go from being over 50% of university educated people in the 1900’s through 1930’s to a human being who was supposed to be dedicated to others who gained her sense of self-worth and fulfillment from serving and giving up her own personhood? How did this effect the women themselves, and their family? How did it affect the age at which women married? In the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, how did women, who while society was telling them that they should be happy, start breaking out of the mold of the feminine mystique. This book describes the early 20th century turning of women from vital human beings, who were fulfilled by higher education and work, into a mystique that proved to be a mix of self-suppression and repression, which eventually was supported by society at large and by women themselves. The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan is a landmark book of its time, and it is still relevant for all women today. A landmark book of its time and relevant now ![]()
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