If women had not fought for their equality, they would still be licking the shoes of their husbands. Before the period of 1960-1970s, American women had limited access to work and had to meet the social standards of society. Women were supposed to follow one simple path: Marry young, start a family, and then live the rest of her life supporting her husband and kids as a stay home mother. As a victim of social inequality, American women could not dominate in any aspects of their lives other than house-keeping. That means that women could not work the same job as men or dominate men in anyway. They are supposed to subject to their husbands and not cause a threat to the male dominated society. After the book “The Feminine Mystique” written by
