Feminine Mystique, The
(1963).The feminist manifesto The Feminine Mystique, authored by Betty Friedan (1921– ), a professional journalist, argued that American women suffered from deep discontent. Friedan blamed what she called “the feminine mystique,” a repressive ideal promoted by journalists, magazine editors, advertisers, educators, and social scientists. This domestic ideal held that women could find fulfillment only as wives and mothers. It stunted women's aspirations and trapped them in the home. With conscious hyperbole, Friedan labeled the home a “comfortable concentration camp” in which housewives lost their freedom and sense of identity.... ...
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