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The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive. - Betty Friedan
" "The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive.
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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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Betty Naomi Goldstein
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Bettye Naomi Goldstein
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Betty Naomi Friedan
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It is my thesis that the core of the problem for women today is not sexual but a problem of identity — a stunting or evasion of growth that is perpetuated by the feminine mystique. It is my thesis that as the Victorian culture did not permit women to accept or gratify their basic need to grow and fulfil their potentialities as human beings, a need which is not solely defined by their sexual need.
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