The Feminine Mystique

The article is about how the world is still unfair to women in the workforce. One of the main points of the article is how women still earn a significant less wage then men of the same ability level. The misconception discussed in this article is that it is believed that men are becoming “dethroned” because of women’s rise in the workforce. That women are starting to take over and men no longer exist. These false theories are discussed through employment opportunities and finances when comparing…

relied solely on there husbands for support. Being able to explain to women that they are not alone and that they should break through the wall in which people perceive women to have. As said in the book “Betty Friedan and the Making of the Feminine Mystique: The American Left, the Cold War” Friedan changed and challenged the “course of America’s political and social history”. With that said she was able to help lay the “groundwork for the feminist movement that…

Being stuck in the house all day cooking, cleaning, and caring for the children no longer appealed to every woman. “The Feminine Mystique”, by Betty Friedan describes a problem of wide spread unhappiness of woman and wondered if the unhappiness was related to the female role of a good housewife. Many women did not find fulfillment in the role of wife and mother which caused many…

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…

The Civil Rights Movement inspired the feminist; as well as African Americans rights, Native American rights known as Red Power, gay/lesbian, and anti-war movements. During the 1960s militant feminist trend in the United States. It was supported by noteworthy women activist who studied general minority rights and antidiscrimination movements. Women formed militant groups. The women’s liberation movement, which was social opposed to political and was showed in writing and marches by radical…

Life in the 1960’s compared to modern time has it’s pros and cons. The modern day lifestyle, however, is superior to that of the 60’s. Granted, it’s not superior by far. Problems have been solved new problems have arisen. I have various reasons for believing so. In the 1960’s civil rights were a big issue. This was the decade in which Martin Luther King Jr. fought for the rights of African Americans and dark skinned individuals. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. became the figurehead of the…

well-known feminist protestor from the movement. In 1962, Friedan wrote a book titled The Feminine Mystique, which addressed the frustrations that herself and many other middle-class American women felt. Friedan’s book drew attention to the sex discrimination that was going on in the workforce, and also called out media and magazines for convincing women to focus solely on being feminine- “the feminine mystique says that the highest value and the only commitment for women is the fulfillment of…

These events included the Civil Rights movement, the assassination of John F. Kennedy which resulted in the presidency to be assigned to Lyndon B. Johnson, the Bay of Pigs invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis and lastly the Moon landing. The feminine mystique 16th street baptist church, four little black girls were at church when a bomb exploded killing them as a result. The equal pay act prohibited discrimination between the sexes by employers and set a minimum wage in which employees should…

awareness among women who were living in a time of social injustice, gender discrimination and political inequalities with in their society. A very well-known example of a liberal feminist was Betty Friedan. She was most recognized for her Feminine Mystique, published in 1963. This highlighted the gender discrimination among women. Ross (1993, pg 13) “The problem lay buried, unspoken, for many years in the minds of…

under a binary categorization of feminine or masculine. Traditional femininity subscribes to the older notion that a woman’s ultimate role is to be a wife and mother meaning she cares for her family by being the sole contributor to the domestic chores (Friedan, 1963 and Hochschild, 1989). Traditional masculinity or hegemonic masculinity describes men as strong, controlling, powerful breadwinners who do not participate in domestic duties because domesticity is a feminine concept (Johnston,…