"Still Needing the F Word" describes not only how society views women‚ but also men view women. Anna Quindlen quotes Betty Friedan who said “I used to write poetry. The guidance office says I have this creative ability and I should be at the top of the class and have a great future. But things like that aren’t what you need to be popular. The important thing for a girl is to be popular.” Society is degrading women. The worst part is that women and young girls are believing that they too have to degrade
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In 1800th when psychology was established the long trajectory (t)of first-wave feminism was close to its midpoint. In The Unites state‚ the beginning of first-wave feminist is often marked by the historic Seneca Falls convention of 1848‚ the first women’s rights convention in America. At this meeting‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton drafted and read the Declaration of Sentiments in which she demanded equal right for women‚ including the right to vote. In the United States‚ women finally won the right to vote
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Betty Friedan launches her nonfiction account of the twentieth-century crisis among American women by describing their trouble as so deeply ingrained that few people can see it. She calls the trouble with women’s identity “the problem that has no name” and says it has no name because women are told to believe—and often do believe—that “the problem” doesn’t exist. The problem‚ as Friedan describes it‚ is that women are increasingly taught to believe that their existence and happiness is limited to
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Through the whole book‚ The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan‚ gives numerous insights on how women were treated throughout the years and how their role in life‚ was to be a housewife and only a housewife. Although women enjoyed caring for their husbands and children‚ they often became sad‚ empty‚ and sometimes suicidal. Women wanted to work outside of their homes and pursue the dreams they always wanted‚ but it was frowned upon. This led to the founder of psychoanalysis‚ Sigmund Freud‚ creating
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strategy works great because history depends on the needs‚ wants‚ and actions of humans. Somebody ... Wanted ... But ... So ... Betty Friedan To understand why many women her age were discontent despite material comfort and family The mainstream media did not acknowledge that women in the 1950s had any reason to be unhappy‚ unless they had ambitions outside the home Friedan surveyed many young wives and mothers and wrote The Feminine Mystique‚ which helped bring attention to the issue of women’s lack
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History 2112 Second-Wave Feminism Towards the end of the twentieth century‚ feminist women in America faced an underlying conflict to find their purpose and true meaning in life. “Is this all?” was often a question whose answer was sought after by numerous women reaching deeper into their minds and souls to find what was missing from their life. The ideal second-wave feminist was defined as a women who puts all of her time into cleaning her home‚ loving her husband‚ and caring for her children
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In 1962 Betty Friedan illustrated the struggles of women during the 1960s for these specific rights and captured the despair of a generation of educated housewives in her book The Feminine Mystique. What Americans found most shocking and what many women found most compelling
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(SOCIAL MEDIA 15). Furthermore‚ the effort to enact the goal of equality in both genders in these current times is reminiscent of the struggles in the previous feminist groups; one particular example is the book of Betty Friedan called The Feminine Mystique‚ which was published in 1963. Friedan is accredited in igniting the second-wave feminism and really revealed the unhappiness of women who were expected to be happy. The media projected that women were happy doing housework all day and taking care of
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Women’s Liberation Movement Betty Friedan wrote that "the only way for a woman‚ as for a man‚ to find herself‚ to know herself as a person‚ is by creative work of her own." The message here is that women need more than just a husband‚ children‚ and a home to feel fulfilled; women need independence and creative outlets‚ unrestrained by the pressures of society. Throughout much of history‚ women have struggled with the limited roles society imposed on them. The belief that women were intellectually
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Yet‚ for the working-class non-essential items were unaffordable‚ and the Victorian ideal of separate spheres and respectability was not possible. Working-class women had no choice but to adhere to the social construct even if they could not play the role of the idle‚ kept wife. They were paid less than men and in a competitive market‚ men had an interest in keeping them out of the labour force. When the demand for labour made this impossible‚ they were excluded from skilled‚ highly paid positions
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