You can have it all, just not all at the same time. - Betty Friedan

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You can have it all, just not all at the same time.

Betty Friedan

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About Betty Friedan

Betty Friedan (4 February 1921 – 4 February 2006) was an American "second-wave" feminist best known for The Feminine Mystique, a critique of women's role as stay-at-home mothers.

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Alternative Names: Betty Naomi Goldstein • Bettye Naomi Goldstein • Betty Naomi Friedan

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Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to be themselves.

The future homemaker trains for her role within the home, but the boy prepares for his by being given more independence outside the home, by his taking a “paper route” or a summer job. A provider will profit by independence, dominance, aggressiveness, competitiveness.8

If I were a man, I would strenuously object to the assumption that women have any moral or spiritual superiority as a class. This is [...] female chauvinism.